keppihevonen
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Finnish
Etymology
keppi (“stick”) + hevonen (“horse”)
Pronunciation
Noun
keppihevonen
- hobby horse (toy)
- (figuratively) hobby horse (topic about which someone loves to talk at great length)
- (figuratively) excuse, pretext, disguise (something used to conceal one's true intentions)
- Äärioikeisto käyttää sananvapautta keppihevosenaan, jonka varjolla se levittää suvaitsemattomuutta.
- The far right uses freedom of speech as pretext for spreading intolerance.
Declension
| Inflection of keppihevonen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | keppihevonen | keppihevoset | |
| genitive | keppihevosen | keppihevosten keppihevosien | |
| partitive | keppihevosta | keppihevosia | |
| illative | keppihevoseen | keppihevosiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keppihevonen | keppihevoset | |
| accusative | nom. | keppihevonen | keppihevoset |
| gen. | keppihevosen | ||
| genitive | keppihevosen | keppihevosten keppihevosien | |
| partitive | keppihevosta | keppihevosia | |
| inessive | keppihevosessa | keppihevosissa | |
| elative | keppihevosesta | keppihevosista | |
| illative | keppihevoseen | keppihevosiin | |
| adessive | keppihevosella | keppihevosilla | |
| ablative | keppihevoselta | keppihevosilta | |
| allative | keppihevoselle | keppihevosille | |
| essive | keppihevosena | keppihevosina | |
| translative | keppihevoseksi | keppihevosiksi | |
| abessive | keppihevosetta | keppihevositta | |
| instructive | — | keppihevosin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “keppihevonen”, 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