spesies
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Afrikaans
Noun
spesies
Finnish
Etymology
Coined by the Swedish Neogrammarian linguist Adolf Noreen in 1904, adopted into Finnish grammatical vocabulary in 1915.
Pronunciation
Noun
spesies (dated)
- (grammar) definiteness or indefiniteness (the quality of a language of expressing the nouns and noun phrases in either definite or indefinite form; the Indoeuropean languages generally have this quality whereas some others, like the Finno-Ugric languages, don't)
Usage notes
- Biological species is laji in Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of spesies (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | spesies | spesiekset | |
| genitive | spesieksen | spesiesten spesieksien | |
| partitive | spesiestä | spesieksiä | |
| illative | spesiekseen | spesieksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | spesies | spesiekset | |
| accusative | nom. | spesies | spesiekset |
| gen. | spesieksen | ||
| genitive | spesieksen | spesiesten spesieksien | |
| partitive | spesiestä | spesieksiä | |
| inessive | spesieksessä | spesieksissä | |
| elative | spesieksestä | spesieksistä | |
| illative | spesiekseen | spesieksiin | |
| adessive | spesieksellä | spesieksillä | |
| ablative | spesiekseltä | spesieksiltä | |
| allative | spesiekselle | spesieksille | |
| essive | spesieksenä | spesieksinä | |
| translative | spesiekseksi | spesieksiksi | |
| abessive | spesieksettä | spesieksittä | |
| instructive | — | spesieksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Further reading
- “spesies”, 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
- "Definiteness in Finnish", article by Andrew Chesterman
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, learned borrowing from Latin speciēs.
Pronunciation
Noun
spesies (plural spesies-spesies, first-person possessive spesiesku, second-person possessive spesiesmu, third-person possessive spesiesnya)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “spesies” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English species, from Latin speciēs.
Pronunciation
Noun
spesies (Jawi spelling سڤيسيس, plural spesies-spesies, informal 1st possessive spesiesku, 2nd possessive spesiesmu, 3rd possessive spesiesnya)
Further reading
- “spesies” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.