närhi
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *närhi, originally an onomatopoeic word; cognate with Estonian -näär, Ingrian -näri, Karelian närhi, Veps näriz, Votic näri.[1] Compare Erzya нармунь (narmuń, “bird”), the initial component of which has a similar onomatopoeic root.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
närhi
- jay
- specifically Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Declension
| Inflection of närhi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | närhi | närhet | |
| genitive | närhen | närhien | |
| partitive | närheä | närhiä | |
| illative | närheen | närhiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | närhi | närhet | |
| accusative | nom. | närhi | närhet |
| gen. | närhen | ||
| genitive | närhen | närhien | |
| partitive | närheä | närhiä | |
| inessive | närhessä | närhissä | |
| elative | närhestä | närhistä | |
| illative | närheen | närhiin | |
| adessive | närhellä | närhillä | |
| ablative | närheltä | närhiltä | |
| allative | närhelle | närhille | |
| essive | närhenä | närhinä | |
| translative | närheksi | närhiksi | |
| abessive | närhettä | närhittä | |
| instructive | — | närhin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
- ^ Vershynin V. Etimologicheskiy slovar mordovskikh (erzyanskogo i mokshanskogo) yazykov, vol. III, p. 278
Further reading
- “närhi”, 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