pötsi
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See also: pôtsi
Finnish
Etymology
From Northern Proto-Finnic . Related to Karelian pöččö, Ludian pöčöi and Veps pecoi.
Pronunciation
Noun
pötsi
- (anatomy) rumen, paunch (first stomach of a ruminant)
- (derogatory) potbelly, paunch (large, protruding stomach)
Declension
| Inflection of pötsi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pötsi | pötsit | |
| genitive | pötsin | pötsien | |
| partitive | pötsiä | pötsejä | |
| illative | pötsiin | pötseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pötsi | pötsit | |
| accusative | nom. | pötsi | pötsit |
| gen. | pötsin | ||
| genitive | pötsin | pötsien | |
| partitive | pötsiä | pötsejä | |
| inessive | pötsissä | pötseissä | |
| elative | pötsistä | pötseistä | |
| illative | pötsiin | pötseihin | |
| adessive | pötsillä | pötseillä | |
| ablative | pötsiltä | pötseiltä | |
| allative | pötsille | pötseille | |
| essive | pötsinä | pötseinä | |
| translative | pötsiksi | pötseiksi | |
| abessive | pötsittä | pötseittä | |
| instructive | — | pötsein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “pötsi”, 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