varpushaukka

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word varpushaukka. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word varpushaukka, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say varpushaukka in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word varpushaukka you have here. The definition of the word varpushaukka will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofvarpushaukka, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Finnish

Etymology

varpus- +‎ haukka

Pronunciation

Noun

varpushaukka

  1. a European sparrowhawk, sparrow hawk, sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
  2. a number of hawk species in the genus Accipiter

Usage notes

The terms varpushaukka and sparrowhawk are only partly overlapping. Several of the species called sparrowhawk in English are called lintuhaukka in Finnish.

Declension

Inflection of varpushaukka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative varpushaukka varpushaukat
genitive varpushaukan varpushaukkojen
partitive varpushaukkaa varpushaukkoja
illative varpushaukkaan varpushaukkoihin
singular plural
nominative varpushaukka varpushaukat
accusative nom. varpushaukka varpushaukat
gen. varpushaukan
genitive varpushaukan varpushaukkojen
varpushaukkain rare
partitive varpushaukkaa varpushaukkoja
inessive varpushaukassa varpushaukoissa
elative varpushaukasta varpushaukoista
illative varpushaukkaan varpushaukkoihin
adessive varpushaukalla varpushaukoilla
ablative varpushaukalta varpushaukoilta
allative varpushaukalle varpushaukoille
essive varpushaukkana varpushaukkoina
translative varpushaukaksi varpushaukoiksi
abessive varpushaukatta varpushaukoitta
instructive varpushaukoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of varpushaukka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)

Derived terms

(compounds):

Further reading