revon (“fox's”) + tulet (“fires”); from the archaic belief that the northern lights are a reflection of the fur of a "firefox"; see tulikettu. Cognate with Ingrian revontulet, Karelian revontulet, rebontulet, rebointuled, Livvi rebointuli and Ludian revontuled.
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Inflection of revontulet (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | — | revontulet | ||
genitive | — | revontulien revontulten | ||
partitive | — | revontulia | ||
illative | — | revontuliin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | — | revontulet | ||
accusative | nom. | — | revontulet | |
gen. | — | |||
genitive | — | revontulien revontulten | ||
partitive | — | revontulia | ||
inessive | — | revontulissa | ||
elative | — | revontulista | ||
illative | — | revontuliin | ||
adessive | — | revontulilla | ||
ablative | — | revontulilta | ||
allative | — | revontulille | ||
essive | — | revontulina | ||
translative | — | revontuliksi | ||
abessive | — | revontulitta | ||
instructive | — | revontulin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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From Proto-Finnic , equivalent to revon (“fox's”) + tulet (“fires”); from a traditional belief that northern lights are a reflection of a firefox's fur. Cognates include Finnish revontulet and Karelian revontulet.
revontulet
Declension of revontulet (type 5/keeli, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | — | revontulet |
genitive | — | revontulliin, revontuliloin |
partitive | — | revontullia, revontuliloja |
illative | — | revontullii, revontuliloihe |
inessive | — | revontulis, revontulilois |
elative | — | revontulist, revontuliloist |
allative | — | revontulille, revontuliloille |
adessive | — | revontulil, revontuliloil |
ablative | — | revontulilt, revontuliloilt |
translative | — | revontuliks, revontuliloiks |
essive | — | revontulinna, revontuliloinna, revontulliin, revontuliloin |
exessive1) | — | revontulint, revontuliloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |