taivaanvuohi
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Finnish
Etymology
From taivaan (“sky's”) + vuohi (“goat”); the name comes from its bleating sound.
Pronunciation
Noun
taivaanvuohi
Usage notes
Other (in addition to the two mentions above) birds of the genus Gallinago are called kurppa in Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of taivaanvuohi (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | taivaanvuohi | taivaanvuohet | |
| genitive | taivaanvuohen | taivaanvuohien taivaanvuohten | |
| partitive | taivaanvuohta | taivaanvuohia | |
| illative | taivaanvuoheen | taivaanvuohiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | taivaanvuohi | taivaanvuohet | |
| accusative | nom. | taivaanvuohi | taivaanvuohet |
| gen. | taivaanvuohen | ||
| genitive | taivaanvuohen | taivaanvuohien taivaanvuohten | |
| partitive | taivaanvuohta | taivaanvuohia | |
| inessive | taivaanvuohessa | taivaanvuohissa | |
| elative | taivaanvuohesta | taivaanvuohista | |
| illative | taivaanvuoheen | taivaanvuohiin | |
| adessive | taivaanvuohella | taivaanvuohilla | |
| ablative | taivaanvuohelta | taivaanvuohilta | |
| allative | taivaanvuohelle | taivaanvuohille | |
| essive | taivaanvuohena | taivaanvuohina | |
| translative | taivaanvuoheksi | taivaanvuohiksi | |
| abessive | taivaanvuohetta | taivaanvuohitta | |
| instructive | — | taivaanvuohin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “taivaanvuohi”, 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