kolibri
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Kolibri
Albanian
Noun
kolibri m
- inflection of kolibër:
Danish
Etymology
From Spanish colibrí (“hummingbird”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kolibri c (singular definite kolibrien, plural indefinite kolibrier)
- hummingbird (any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae)
Inflection
Declension of kolibri
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kolibri | kolibrien | kolibrier | kolibrierne |
| genitive | kolibris | kolibriens | kolibriers | kolibriernes |
Further reading
Kolibrier on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kolibri
- hummingbird; trochilid (bird of the family Trochilidae)
- Kolibri on ainoa lintu joka osaa lentää takaperin.
- The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
Declension
| Inflection of kolibri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kolibri | kolibrit | |
| genitive | kolibrin | kolibrien | |
| partitive | kolibria | kolibreja | |
| illative | kolibriin | kolibreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kolibri | kolibrit | |
| accusative | nom. | kolibri | kolibrit |
| gen. | kolibrin | ||
| genitive | kolibrin | kolibrien | |
| partitive | kolibria | kolibreja | |
| inessive | kolibrissa | kolibreissa | |
| elative | kolibrista | kolibreista | |
| illative | kolibriin | kolibreihin | |
| adessive | kolibrilla | kolibreilla | |
| ablative | kolibrilta | kolibreilta | |
| allative | kolibrille | kolibreille | |
| essive | kolibrina | kolibreina | |
| translative | kolibriksi | kolibreiksi | |
| abessive | kolibritta | kolibreitta | |
| instructive | — | kolibrein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “kolibri”, 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
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
kolibri (plural kolibrik)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kolibri | kolibrik |
| accusative | kolibrit | kolibrikat |
| dative | kolibrinak | kolibriknak |
| instrumental | kolibrival | kolibrikkal |
| causal-final | kolibriért | kolibrikért |
| translative | kolibrivá | kolibrikká |
| terminative | kolibriig | kolibrikig |
| essive-formal | kolibriként | kolibrikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kolibriban | kolibrikban |
| superessive | kolibrin | kolibrikon |
| adessive | kolibrinál | kolibriknál |
| illative | kolibriba | kolibrikba |
| sublative | kolibrira | kolibrikra |
| allative | kolibrihoz | kolibrikhoz |
| elative | kolibriból | kolibrikból |
| delative | kolibriról | kolibrikról |
| ablative | kolibritól | kolibriktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kolibrié | kolibriké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kolibriéi | kolibrikéi |
| Possessive forms of kolibri | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kolibrim | kolibrijaim (or kolibriim) |
| 2nd person sing. | kolibrid | kolibrijaid (or kolibriid) |
| 3rd person sing. | kolibrija | kolibrijai (or kolibrii) |
| 1st person plural | kolibrink | kolibrijaink (or kolibriink) |
| 2nd person plural | kolibritok | kolibrijaitok (or kolibriitok) |
| 3rd person plural | kolibrijuk | kolibrijaik (or kolibriik) |
or
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kolibri | kolibrik |
| accusative | kolibrit | kolibriket |
| dative | kolibrinek | kolibriknek |
| instrumental | kolibrivel | kolibrikkel |
| causal-final | kolibriért | kolibrikért |
| translative | kolibrivé | kolibrikké |
| terminative | kolibriig | kolibrikig |
| essive-formal | kolibriként | kolibrikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kolibriben | kolibrikben |
| superessive | kolibrin | kolibriken |
| adessive | kolibrinél | kolibriknél |
| illative | kolibribe | kolibrikbe |
| sublative | kolibrire | kolibrikre |
| allative | kolibrihez | kolibrikhez |
| elative | kolibriből | kolibrikből |
| delative | kolibriről | kolibrikről |
| ablative | kolibritől | kolibriktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kolibrié | kolibriké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kolibriéi | kolibrikéi |
| Possessive forms of kolibri | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kolibrim | kolibrijeim (or kolibriim) |
| 2nd person sing. | kolibrid | kolibrijeid (or kolibriid) |
| 3rd person sing. | kolibrije | kolibrijei (or kolibrii) |
| 1st person plural | kolibrink | kolibrijeink (or kolibriink) |
| 2nd person plural | kolibritek | kolibrijeitek (or kolibriitek) |
| 3rd person plural | kolibrijük | kolibrijeik (or kolibriik) |
Further reading
- kolibri in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
kolìbri m (Cyrillic spelling колѝбри)
- hummingbird
- Kolibri je jedina ptica koja može letjeti unazad. (Ijekavian)
- Kolibri je jedina ptica koja može leteti unazad. (Ekavian)
- The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
- Kolibrija srce ima 400 (četristo) do 500 (petsto) otkucaja u minuti, a broj udaha u minuti mu je do 250 (dv(j)esto pedeset).
- A hummingbird's heart beats 400 to 500 times per minute (lit. has 400 to 500 beats per minute) and its number of breaths per minute is up to 250.
Declension
Declension of kolibri
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kolibri | kolibriji |
| genitive | kolibrija | kolibrija |
| dative | kolibriju | kolibrijima |
| accusative | kolibrija | kolibrije |
| vocative | kolibri | kolibriji |
| locative | kolibriju | kolibrijima |
| instrumental | kolibrijem | kolibrijima |
Swedish
Noun
kolibri c
- hummingbird
- Kolibrier är de enda fåglarna som kan flyga baklänges
- Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards
Declension
Declension of kolibri