kissanminttu
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Finnish
Etymology
kissan (“cat's”) + minttu (“mint”)
Pronunciation
Noun
kissanminttu
- (botany) nepeta (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- (colloquial) catnip, Nepeta cataria
Declension
| Inflection of kissanminttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kissanminttu | kissanmintut | |
| genitive | kissanmintun | kissanminttujen | |
| partitive | kissanminttua | kissanminttuja | |
| illative | kissanminttuun | kissanminttuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kissanminttu | kissanmintut | |
| accusative | nom. | kissanminttu | kissanmintut |
| gen. | kissanmintun | ||
| genitive | kissanmintun | kissanminttujen | |
| partitive | kissanminttua | kissanminttuja | |
| inessive | kissanmintussa | kissanmintuissa | |
| elative | kissanmintusta | kissanmintuista | |
| illative | kissanminttuun | kissanminttuihin | |
| adessive | kissanmintulla | kissanmintuilla | |
| ablative | kissanmintulta | kissanmintuilta | |
| allative | kissanmintulle | kissanmintuille | |
| essive | kissanminttuna | kissanminttuina | |
| translative | kissanmintuksi | kissanmintuiksi | |
| abessive | kissanmintutta | kissanmintuitta | |
| instructive | — | kissanmintuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (Nepeta cataria): aitokissanminttu
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kissanminttu”, 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