kirva
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Finnish
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Slavic (compare Russian червь (červʹ))
Pronunciation
Noun
kirva
- aphid, commonly also plant louse or greenfly, blackfly, whitefly according to color
Declension
| Inflection of kirva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kirva | kirvat | |
| genitive | kirvan | kirvojen | |
| partitive | kirvaa | kirvoja | |
| illative | kirvaan | kirvoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kirva | kirvat | |
| accusative | nom. | kirva | kirvat |
| gen. | kirvan | ||
| genitive | kirvan | kirvojen kirvain rare | |
| partitive | kirvaa | kirvoja | |
| inessive | kirvassa | kirvoissa | |
| elative | kirvasta | kirvoista | |
| illative | kirvaan | kirvoihin | |
| adessive | kirvalla | kirvoilla | |
| ablative | kirvalta | kirvoilta | |
| allative | kirvalle | kirvoille | |
| essive | kirvana | kirvoina | |
| translative | kirvaksi | kirvoiksi | |
| abessive | kirvatta | kirvoitta | |
| instructive | — | kirvoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “kirva”, 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