oinas
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See also: Oinas
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *oinas, a borrowing from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.
Noun
oinas (genitive oina, partitive oinast)
- ram (male sheep)
Declension
| Declension of oinas (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation) | |||
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| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | oinas | oinad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | oina | ||
| genitive | oinaste | ||
| partitive | oinast | oinaid | |
| illative | oinasse | oinastesse oinaisse | |
| inessive | oinas | oinastes oinais | |
| elative | oinast | oinastest oinaist | |
| allative | oinale | oinastele oinaile | |
| adessive | oinal | oinastel oinail | |
| ablative | oinalt | oinastelt oinailt | |
| translative | oinaks | oinasteks oinaiks | |
| terminative | oinani | oinasteni | |
| essive | oinana | oinastena | |
| abessive | oinata | oinasteta | |
| comitative | oinaga | oinastega | |
Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *oinas, an old loan from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas, compare Lithuanian ãvinas and Latvian auns.
Pronunciation
Noun
oinas
Declension
| Inflection of oinas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | oinas | oinaat | |
| genitive | oinaan | oinaiden oinaitten | |
| partitive | oinasta | oinaita | |
| illative | oinaaseen | oinaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | oinas | oinaat | |
| accusative | nom. | oinas | oinaat |
| gen. | oinaan | ||
| genitive | oinaan | oinaiden oinaitten oinasten rare | |
| partitive | oinasta | oinaita | |
| inessive | oinaassa | oinaissa | |
| elative | oinaasta | oinaista | |
| illative | oinaaseen | oinaisiin oinaihin rare | |
| adessive | oinaalla | oinailla | |
| ablative | oinaalta | oinailta | |
| allative | oinaalle | oinaille | |
| essive | oinaana | oinaina | |
| translative | oinaaksi | oinaiksi | |
| abessive | oinaatta | oinaitta | |
| instructive | — | oinain | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (male sheep): pässi
- (wether): salvupässi
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
compounds
See also
| Zodiac signs in Finnish · horoskooppi, tähtimerkki (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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| leijona | neitsyt | vaaka | skorpioni | ||||||||
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| jousimies | kauris | vesimies | kalat | ||||||||
Further reading
- “oinas”, 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