vaskitsa
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Finnish
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vaskicca. Equivalent to vaski (“copper”) + -itsa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑskitsɑ/,
- Rhymes: -ɑskitsɑ
- Syllabification(key): vas‧kit‧sa
- Hyphenation(key): vas‧kit‧sa
Noun
vaskitsa
- slowworm, Eastern slowworm (Anguis colchica)
- Synonym: idänvaskitsa
- slowworm (Anguis fragilis)
Usage notes
The distinction between Anguis fragilis and Anguis colchica is rather recent, since formerly they were both considered fragilis. The species that occurs in Finland is now identified as colchica. As of 2025, there is no official vernacular term for Anguis fragilis sensu stricto.
Declension
| Inflection of vaskitsa (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vaskitsa | vaskitsat | |
| genitive | vaskitsan | vaskitsoiden vaskitsoitten vaskitsojen | |
| partitive | vaskitsaa | vaskitsoita vaskitsoja | |
| illative | vaskitsaan | vaskitsoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vaskitsa | vaskitsat | |
| accusative | nom. | vaskitsa | vaskitsat |
| gen. | vaskitsan | ||
| genitive | vaskitsan | vaskitsoiden vaskitsoitten vaskitsojen vaskitsain rare | |
| partitive | vaskitsaa | vaskitsoita vaskitsoja | |
| inessive | vaskitsassa | vaskitsoissa | |
| elative | vaskitsasta | vaskitsoista | |
| illative | vaskitsaan | vaskitsoihin | |
| adessive | vaskitsalla | vaskitsoilla | |
| ablative | vaskitsalta | vaskitsoilta | |
| allative | vaskitsalle | vaskitsoille | |
| essive | vaskitsana | vaskitsoina | |
| translative | vaskitsaksi | vaskitsoiksi | |
| abessive | vaskitsatta | vaskitsoitta | |
| instructive | — | vaskitsoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “vaskitsa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04