klinikka

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish klinik, from French clinique, from Late Latin clinicus (a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician), from Ancient Greek κλινικός (klinikós, pertaining to a bed), from κλίνη (klínē, bed), from κλίνειν (klínein, to lean, incline).

Pronunciation

Noun

klinikka

  1. clinic

Declension

Inflection of klinikka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)
nominative klinikka klinikat
genitive klinikan klinikoiden
klinikoitten
klinikkojen
partitive klinikkaa klinikoita
klinikkoja
illative klinikkaan klinikoihin
klinikkoihin
singular plural
nominative klinikka klinikat
accusative nom. klinikka klinikat
gen. klinikan
genitive klinikan klinikoiden
klinikoitten
klinikkojen
klinikkain rare
partitive klinikkaa klinikoita
klinikkoja
inessive klinikassa klinikoissa
elative klinikasta klinikoista
illative klinikkaan klinikoihin
klinikkoihin
adessive klinikalla klinikoilla
ablative klinikalta klinikoilta
allative klinikalle klinikoille
essive klinikkana klinikkoina
translative klinikaksi klinikoiksi
abessive klinikatta klinikoitta
instructive klinikoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of klinikka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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