ristiselkä

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Finnish

Etymology

Compound of risti +‎ selkä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈristiˌselkæ/,
  • Rhymes: -elkæ
  • Hyphenation(key): risti‧selkä

Noun

ristiselkä

  1. (anatomy) lumbar region, small of the back

Usage notes

See Usage notes in the entry alaselkä.

Declension

Inflection of ristiselkä (Kotus type 10*D/koira, k- gradation)
nominative ristiselkä ristiselät
genitive ristiselän ristiselkien
partitive ristiselkää ristiselkiä
illative ristiselkään ristiselkiin
singular plural
nominative ristiselkä ristiselät
accusative nom. ristiselkä ristiselät
gen. ristiselän
genitive ristiselän ristiselkien
ristiselkäin rare
partitive ristiselkää ristiselkiä
inessive ristiselässä ristiselissä
elative ristiselästä ristiselistä
illative ristiselkään ristiselkiin
adessive ristiselällä ristiselillä
ablative ristiselältä ristiseliltä
allative ristiselälle ristiselille
essive ristiselkänä ristiselkinä
translative ristiseläksi ristiseliksi
abessive ristiselättä ristiselittä
instructive ristiselin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ristiselkä (Kotus type 10*D/koira, k- gradation)

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