purku

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Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

purkaa +‎ -u

Noun

purku

  1. demolition (of a building)
  2. cancellation (of a contract)
  3. (sports) clear (the act of clearing)
Declension
Inflection of purku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k- gradation)
nominative purku purut
genitive purun purkujen
partitive purkua purkuja
illative purkuun purkuihin
singular plural
nominative purku purut
accusative nom. purku purut
gen. purun
genitive purun purkujen
partitive purkua purkuja
inessive purussa puruissa
elative purusta puruista
illative purkuun purkuihin
adessive purulla puruilla
ablative purulta puruilta
allative purulle puruille
essive purkuna purkuina
translative puruksi puruiksi
abessive purutta puruitta
instructive puruin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of purku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k- gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative purkuni purkuni
accusative nom. purkuni purkuni
gen. purkuni
genitive purkuni purkujeni
partitive purkuani purkujani
inessive purussani puruissani
elative purustani puruistani
illative purkuuni purkuihini
adessive purullani puruillani
ablative purultani puruiltani
allative purulleni puruilleni
essive purkunani purkuinani
translative purukseni puruikseni
abessive puruttani puruittani
instructive
comitative purkuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative purkusi purkusi
accusative nom. purkusi purkusi
gen. purkusi
genitive purkusi purkujesi
partitive purkuasi purkujasi
inessive purussasi puruissasi
elative purustasi puruistasi
illative purkuusi purkuihisi
adessive purullasi puruillasi
ablative purultasi puruiltasi
allative purullesi puruillesi
essive purkunasi purkuinasi
translative puruksesi puruiksesi
abessive puruttasi puruittasi
instructive
comitative purkuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative purkumme purkumme
accusative nom. purkumme purkumme
gen. purkumme
genitive purkumme purkujemme
partitive purkuamme purkujamme
inessive purussamme puruissamme
elative purustamme puruistamme
illative purkuumme purkuihimme
adessive purullamme puruillamme
ablative purultamme puruiltamme
allative purullemme puruillemme
essive purkunamme purkuinamme
translative puruksemme puruiksemme
abessive puruttamme puruittamme
instructive
comitative purkuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative purkunne purkunne
accusative nom. purkunne purkunne
gen. purkunne
genitive purkunne purkujenne
partitive purkuanne purkujanne
inessive purussanne puruissanne
elative purustanne puruistanne
illative purkuunne purkuihinne
adessive purullanne puruillanne
ablative purultanne puruiltanne
allative purullenne puruillenne
essive purkunanne purkuinanne
translative puruksenne puruiksenne
abessive puruttanne puruittanne
instructive
comitative purkuinenne
Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *purku, from Proto-Uralic *purke.

Noun

purku (dialectal)

  1. blizzard, snowstorm
    Synonyms: lumipyry, tuisku
  2. snowdrift
    Synonym: kinos
Declension
Inflection of purku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k- gradation)
nominative purku purut
genitive purun purkujen
partitive purkua purkuja
illative purkuun purkuihin
singular plural
nominative purku purut
accusative nom. purku purut
gen. purun
genitive purun purkujen
partitive purkua purkuja
inessive purussa puruissa
elative purusta puruista
illative purkuun purkuihin
adessive purulla puruilla
ablative purulta puruilta
allative purulle puruille
essive purkuna purkuina
translative puruksi puruiksi
abessive purutta puruitta
instructive puruin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of purku (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k- gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative purkuni purkuni
accusative nom. purkuni purkuni
gen. purkuni
genitive purkuni purkujeni
partitive purkuani purkujani
inessive purussani puruissani
elative purustani puruistani
illative purkuuni purkuihini
adessive purullani puruillani
ablative purultani puruiltani
allative purulleni puruilleni
essive purkunani purkuinani
translative purukseni puruikseni
abessive puruttani puruittani
instructive
comitative purkuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative purkusi purkusi
accusative nom. purkusi purkusi
gen. purkusi
genitive purkusi purkujesi
partitive purkuasi purkujasi
inessive purussasi puruissasi
elative purustasi puruistasi
illative purkuusi purkuihisi
adessive purullasi puruillasi
ablative purultasi puruiltasi
allative purullesi puruillesi
essive purkunasi purkuinasi
translative puruksesi puruiksesi
abessive puruttasi puruittasi
instructive
comitative purkuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative purkumme purkumme
accusative nom. purkumme purkumme
gen. purkumme
genitive purkumme purkujemme
partitive purkuamme purkujamme
inessive purussamme puruissamme
elative purustamme puruistamme
illative purkuumme purkuihimme
adessive purullamme puruillamme
ablative purultamme puruiltamme
allative purullemme puruillemme
essive purkunamme purkuinamme
translative puruksemme puruiksemme
abessive puruttamme puruittamme
instructive
comitative purkuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative purkunne purkunne
accusative nom. purkunne purkunne
gen. purkunne
genitive purkunne purkujenne
partitive purkuanne purkujanne
inessive purussanne puruissanne
elative purustanne puruistanne
illative purkuunne purkuihinne
adessive purullanne puruillanne
ablative purultanne puruiltanne
allative purullenne puruillenne
essive purkunanne purkuinanne
translative puruksenne puruiksenne
abessive puruttanne puruittanne
instructive
comitative purkuinenne
Derived terms
compounds

Anagrams

Karelian

Regional variants of purku
North Karelian
(Viena)
purku
South Karelian
(Tver)
purgu

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *purku. Cognates include Finnish purku and Veps purg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpurku/
  • Hyphenation: pur‧ku

Noun

purku (genitive purun, partitive purkuo)

  1. (North Karelian) snowstorm, blizzard

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of purku (type 1/tyttö, k- gradation)
singular plural
nominative purku purut
genitive purun purkujen
partitive purkuo purkuja
illative purkuh purkuloih
inessive purušša purkuloissa
elative purušta purkuloista
adessive purulla purkuloilla
ablative purulta purkuloilta
translative purukši purkuloiksi
essive purkuna purkuloina
comitative purkuloineh
abessive purutta purkuloitta
Possessive forms of purku
1st person purkuni
2nd person purkuš
3rd person purkuh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “пурга”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN