tervapääsky
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Finnish
Etymology
Compound of terva (“tar”) + pääsky (“swallow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tervapääsky
- common swift, Apus apus
- Synonym of kiitäjä (“swift”).
Declension
| Inflection of tervapääsky (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tervapääsky | tervapääskyt | |
| genitive | tervapääskyn | tervapääskyjen | |
| partitive | tervapääskyä | tervapääskyjä | |
| illative | tervapääskyyn | tervapääskyihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tervapääsky | tervapääskyt | |
| accusative | nom. | tervapääsky | tervapääskyt |
| gen. | tervapääskyn | ||
| genitive | tervapääskyn | tervapääskyjen | |
| partitive | tervapääskyä | tervapääskyjä | |
| inessive | tervapääskyssä | tervapääskyissä | |
| elative | tervapääskystä | tervapääskyistä | |
| illative | tervapääskyyn | tervapääskyihin | |
| adessive | tervapääskyllä | tervapääskyillä | |
| ablative | tervapääskyltä | tervapääskyiltä | |
| allative | tervapääskylle | tervapääskyille | |
| essive | tervapääskynä | tervapääskyinä | |
| translative | tervapääskyksi | tervapääskyiksi | |
| abessive | tervapääskyttä | tervapääskyittä | |
| instructive | — | tervapääskyin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “tervapääsky”, 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