From Proto-Finnic *tërva, borrowed from either Proto-Baltic *dérwa or Proto-Germanic *terwą, but in either case ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dérw-o-m, from *dóru (“wood”).
terva
Inflection of terva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | terva | tervat | ||
genitive | tervan | tervojen | ||
partitive | tervaa | tervoja | ||
illative | tervaan | tervoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | terva | tervat | ||
accusative | nom. | terva | tervat | |
gen. | tervan | |||
genitive | tervan | tervojen tervainrare | ||
partitive | tervaa | tervoja | ||
inessive | tervassa | tervoissa | ||
elative | tervasta | tervoista | ||
illative | tervaan | tervoihin | ||
adessive | tervalla | tervoilla | ||
ablative | tervalta | tervoilta | ||
allative | tervalle | tervoille | ||
essive | tervana | tervoina | ||
translative | tervaksi | tervoiksi | ||
abessive | tervatta | tervoitta | ||
instructive | — | tervoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From Proto-Finnic *tërva. Cognates include Finnish terva and Estonian tõrv.
terva
Declension of terva (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | terva | tervat |
genitive | tervan | tervoin |
partitive | tervaa | tervoja |
illative | tervaa | tervoi |
inessive | tervaas | tervois |
elative | tervast | tervoist |
allative | tervalle | tervoille |
adessive | tervaal | tervoil |
ablative | tervalt | tervoilt |
translative | tervaks | tervoiks |
essive | tervanna, tervaan | tervoinna, tervoin |
exessive1) | tervant | tervoint |
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. |