metsäkana

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Finnish

Etymology

metsä (forest) +‎ kana (hen)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetsæˌkɑnɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): metsä‧kana

Noun

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metsäkana

  1. grouse (bird of the subfamily Tetraoninae of the family Phasianidae)
  2. (dated) Synonym of riekko.

Declension

Inflection of metsäkana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative metsäkana metsäkanat
genitive metsäkanan metsäkanojen
partitive metsäkanaa metsäkanoja
illative metsäkanaan metsäkanoihin
singular plural
nominative metsäkana metsäkanat
accusative nom. metsäkana metsäkanat
gen. metsäkanan
genitive metsäkanan metsäkanojen
metsäkanain rare
partitive metsäkanaa metsäkanoja
inessive metsäkanassa metsäkanoissa
elative metsäkanasta metsäkanoista
illative metsäkanaan metsäkanoihin
adessive metsäkanalla metsäkanoilla
ablative metsäkanalta metsäkanoilta
allative metsäkanalle metsäkanoille
essive metsäkanana metsäkanoina
translative metsäkanaksi metsäkanoiksi
abessive metsäkanatta metsäkanoitta
instructive metsäkanoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of metsäkana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

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