neilikka
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish nejlika, from Middle Low German negelken, diminutive of nāgel (“nail”).
Pronunciation
Noun
neilikka
Declension
| Inflection of neilikka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | neilikka | neilikat | |
| genitive | neilikan | neilikoiden neilikoitten neilikkojen | |
| partitive | neilikkaa | neilikoita neilikkoja | |
| illative | neilikkaan | neilikoihin neilikkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | neilikka | neilikat | |
| accusative | nom. | neilikka | neilikat |
| gen. | neilikan | ||
| genitive | neilikan | neilikoiden neilikoitten neilikkojen neilikkain rare | |
| partitive | neilikkaa | neilikoita neilikkoja | |
| inessive | neilikassa | neilikoissa | |
| elative | neilikasta | neilikoista | |
| illative | neilikkaan | neilikoihin neilikkoihin | |
| adessive | neilikalla | neilikoilla | |
| ablative | neilikalta | neilikoilta | |
| allative | neilikalle | neilikoille | |
| essive | neilikkana | neilikkoina | |
| translative | neilikaksi | neilikoiksi | |
| abessive | neilikatta | neilikoitta | |
| instructive | — | neilikoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (clove): mausteneilikka
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “neilikka”, 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 2023-07-03