tiira

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tiira, of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

tiira

  1. tern (bird in the subfamily Terninae of family Laridae - gulls and terns)

Usage notes

  • räyskä (“Caspian tern, Sterna caspia”) is the only bird in this subfamily that does not have tiira in its Finnish common name
  • birds in the genus Anous that belongs to this subfamily are "noddies" in English

Declension

Inflection of tiira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative tiira tiirat
genitive tiiran tiirojen
partitive tiiraa tiiroja
illative tiiraan tiiroihin
singular plural
nominative tiira tiirat
accusative nom. tiira tiirat
gen. tiiran
genitive tiiran tiirojen
tiirain rare
partitive tiiraa tiiroja
inessive tiirassa tiiroissa
elative tiirasta tiiroista
illative tiiraan tiiroihin
adessive tiiralla tiiroilla
ablative tiiralta tiiroilta
allative tiiralle tiiroille
essive tiirana tiiroina
translative tiiraksi tiiroiksi
abessive tiiratta tiiroitta
instructive — tiiroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tiira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tiirani tiirani
accusative nom. tiirani tiirani
gen. tiirani
genitive tiirani tiirojeni
tiiraini rare
partitive tiiraani tiirojani
inessive tiirassani tiiroissani
elative tiirastani tiiroistani
illative tiiraani tiiroihini
adessive tiirallani tiiroillani
ablative tiiraltani tiiroiltani
allative tiiralleni tiiroilleni
essive tiiranani tiiroinani
translative tiirakseni tiiroikseni
abessive tiirattani tiiroittani
instructive — —
comitative — tiiroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tiirasi tiirasi
accusative nom. tiirasi tiirasi
gen. tiirasi
genitive tiirasi tiirojesi
tiiraisi rare
partitive tiiraasi tiirojasi
inessive tiirassasi tiiroissasi
elative tiirastasi tiiroistasi
illative tiiraasi tiiroihisi
adessive tiirallasi tiiroillasi
ablative tiiraltasi tiiroiltasi
allative tiirallesi tiiroillesi
essive tiiranasi tiiroinasi
translative tiiraksesi tiiroiksesi
abessive tiirattasi tiiroittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tiiroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tiiramme tiiramme
accusative nom. tiiramme tiiramme
gen. tiiramme
genitive tiiramme tiirojemme
tiiraimme rare
partitive tiiraamme tiirojamme
inessive tiirassamme tiiroissamme
elative tiirastamme tiiroistamme
illative tiiraamme tiiroihimme
adessive tiirallamme tiiroillamme
ablative tiiraltamme tiiroiltamme
allative tiirallemme tiiroillemme
essive tiiranamme tiiroinamme
translative tiiraksemme tiiroiksemme
abessive tiirattamme tiiroittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tiiroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tiiranne tiiranne
accusative nom. tiiranne tiiranne
gen. tiiranne
genitive tiiranne tiirojenne
tiirainne rare
partitive tiiraanne tiirojanne
inessive tiirassanne tiiroissanne
elative tiirastanne tiiroistanne
illative tiiraanne tiiroihinne
adessive tiirallanne tiiroillanne
ablative tiiraltanne tiiroiltanne
allative tiirallenne tiiroillenne
essive tiirananne tiiroinanne
translative tiiraksenne tiiroiksenne
abessive tiirattanne tiiroittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tiiroinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tiiransa tiiransa
accusative nom. tiiransa tiiransa
gen. tiiransa
genitive tiiransa tiirojensa
tiirainsa rare
partitive tiiraansa tiirojaan
tiirojansa
inessive tiirassaan
tiirassansa 		tiiroissaan
tiiroissansa
elative tiirastaan
tiirastansa 		tiiroistaan
tiiroistansa
illative tiiraansa tiiroihinsa
adessive tiirallaan
tiirallansa 		tiiroillaan
tiiroillansa
ablative tiiraltaan
tiiraltansa 		tiiroiltaan
tiiroiltansa
allative tiiralleen
tiirallensa 		tiiroilleen
tiiroillensa
essive tiiranaan
tiiranansa 		tiiroinaan
tiiroinansa
translative tiirakseen
tiiraksensa 		tiiroikseen
tiiroiksensa
abessive tiirattaan
tiirattansa 		tiiroittaan
tiiroittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tiiroineen
tiiroinensa

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