From Swedish pelargon. The dialectal variants like pela(r)kuu(ni) show a more direct borrowing, while the standard form pelargoni has been brought closer to the Latinate Pelargonium.
pelargoni
Pelargoniums are often commonly known in English as geraniums, because the two genera were earlier regarded as being one, called Geranium.
Inflection of pelargoni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | pelargoni | pelargonit | |
genitive | pelargonin | pelargonien | |
partitive | pelargonia | pelargoneja | |
illative | pelargoniin | pelargoneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pelargoni | pelargonit | |
accusative | nom. | pelargoni | pelargonit |
gen. | pelargonin | ||
genitive | pelargonin | pelargonien | |
partitive | pelargonia | pelargoneja | |
inessive | pelargonissa | pelargoneissa | |
elative | pelargonista | pelargoneista | |
illative | pelargoniin | pelargoneihin | |
adessive | pelargonilla | pelargoneilla | |
ablative | pelargonilta | pelargoneilta | |
allative | pelargonille | pelargoneille | |
essive | pelargonina | pelargoneina | |
translative | pelargoniksi | pelargoneiksi | |
abessive | pelargonitta | pelargoneitta | |
instructive | — | pelargonein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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