koi (“moth”) + -ska, from the ancient belief that cancer is caused by a worm that eats the body from inside in the same way as the larvae of moth eat the clothes.
koiska (archaic)
| Inflection of koiska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | koiska | koiskat | |
| genitive | koiskan | koiskien | |
| partitive | koiskaa | koiskia | |
| illative | koiskaan | koiskiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | koiska | koiskat | |
| accusative | nom. | koiska | koiskat |
| gen. | koiskan | ||
| genitive | koiskan | koiskien koiskain rare | |
| partitive | koiskaa | koiskia | |
| inessive | koiskassa | koiskissa | |
| elative | koiskasta | koiskista | |
| illative | koiskaan | koiskiin | |
| adessive | koiskalla | koiskilla | |
| ablative | koiskalta | koiskilta | |
| allative | koiskalle | koiskille | |
| essive | koiskana | koiskina | |
| translative | koiskaksi | koiskiksi | |
| abessive | koiskatta | koiskitta | |
| instructive | — | koiskin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||