From Danish tiger, from German Tiger, from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (tigri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “pointed”)).
tikari m (genitive singular tikara, plural tikarar)
| Declension of tikari | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tikari | tikarin | tikarar | tikararnir |
| accusative | tikara | tikaran | tikarar | tikararnar |
| dative | tikara | tikaranum | tikarum | tikarunum |
| genitive | tikara | tikarans | tikara | tikaranna |
tika- + -ri, from tikaveitsi, possibly under the influence of dialectal takari.
tikari
| Inflection of tikari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tikari | tikarit | |
| genitive | tikarin | tikarien tikareiden tikareitten | |
| partitive | tikaria | tikareita tikareja | |
| illative | tikariin | tikareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tikari | tikarit | |
| accusative | nom. | tikari | tikarit |
| gen. | tikarin | ||
| genitive | tikarin | tikarien tikareiden tikareitten | |
| partitive | tikaria | tikareita tikareja | |
| inessive | tikarissa | tikareissa | |
| elative | tikarista | tikareista | |
| illative | tikariin | tikareihin | |
| adessive | tikarilla | tikareilla | |
| ablative | tikarilta | tikareilta | |
| allative | tikarille | tikareille | |
| essive | tikarina | tikareina | |
| translative | tikariksi | tikareiksi | |
| abessive | tikaritta | tikareitta | |
| instructive | — | tikarein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||