koirankieli

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Finnish

Cynoglossum officinale

Etymology

koiran (dog's) +‎ kieli (tongue)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoi̯rɑnˌkie̯li/,
  • Rhymes: -ieli
  • Hyphenation(key): koiran‧kieli

Noun

koirankieli

  1. hound's tongue, dog's tongue, gypsy flower, Cynoglossum officinale (herbaceous plant found in most parts of Europe and also in North America where it was accidentally introduced)
  2. (in the plural) Cynoglossum (genus of plants in the family Boraginaceae)

Usage notes

  • This is the only Cynoglossum species that grows naturally in Finland, and therefore the more specific name rohtokoirankieli is only needed when there's a possibility of confusion with other plants of the genus.
  • In the verbatim sense ("tongue of a dog") the components are written separately: koiran kieli.

Declension

Inflection of koirankieli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
nominative koirankieli koirankielet
genitive koirankielen koirankielten
koirankielien
partitive koirankieltä koirankieliä
illative koirankieleen koirankieliin
singular plural
nominative koirankieli koirankielet
accusative nom. koirankieli koirankielet
gen. koirankielen
genitive koirankielen koirankielten
koirankielien
partitive koirankieltä koirankieliä
inessive koirankielessä koirankielissä
elative koirankielestä koirankielistä
illative koirankieleen koirankieliin
adessive koirankielellä koirankielillä
ablative koirankieleltä koirankieliltä
allative koirankielelle koirankielille
essive koirankielenä koirankielinä
translative koirankieleksi koirankieliksi
abessive koirankielettä koirankielittä
instructive koirankielin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of koirankieli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)

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