kaamos
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Finnish
Etymology
From Northern Sami skábma, from Norwegian skamtid.
Pronunciation
Noun
kaamos
- polar night (period of darkness north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle when the sun does not rise over the horizon)
Declension
| Inflection of kaamos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaamos | kaamokset | |
| genitive | kaamoksen | kaamosten kaamoksien | |
| partitive | kaamosta | kaamoksia | |
| illative | kaamokseen | kaamoksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaamos | kaamokset | |
| accusative | nom. | kaamos | kaamokset |
| gen. | kaamoksen | ||
| genitive | kaamoksen | kaamosten kaamoksien | |
| partitive | kaamosta | kaamoksia | |
| inessive | kaamoksessa | kaamoksissa | |
| elative | kaamoksesta | kaamoksista | |
| illative | kaamokseen | kaamoksiin | |
| adessive | kaamoksella | kaamoksilla | |
| ablative | kaamokselta | kaamoksilta | |
| allative | kaamokselle | kaamoksille | |
| essive | kaamoksena | kaamoksina | |
| translative | kaamokseksi | kaamoksiksi | |
| abessive | kaamoksetta | kaamoksitta | |
| instructive | — | kaamoksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “kaamos”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02