vastustuskyky

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Finnish

Etymology

vastustus (resistance) +‎ kyky (ability)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑstustusˌkyky/,
  • Rhymes: -yky
  • Hyphenation(key): vas‧tustus‧kyky

Noun

vastustuskyky

  1. (medicine) immunity (protective resistance against infection)
  2. resistance (capacity to resist)
    Monien bakteerien vastustuskyky antibiooteille on kasvanut.
    The resistance of many bacteria to antibiotics has increased.

Declension

Inflection of vastustuskyky (Kotus type 1*M/valo, k-v gradation)
nominative vastustuskyky vastustuskyvyt
genitive vastustuskyvyn vastustuskykyjen
partitive vastustuskykyä vastustuskykyjä
illative vastustuskykyyn vastustuskykyihin
singular plural
nominative vastustuskyky vastustuskyvyt
accusative nom. vastustuskyky vastustuskyvyt
gen. vastustuskyvyn
genitive vastustuskyvyn vastustuskykyjen
partitive vastustuskykyä vastustuskykyjä
inessive vastustuskyvyssä vastustuskyvyissä
elative vastustuskyvystä vastustuskyvyistä
illative vastustuskykyyn vastustuskykyihin
adessive vastustuskyvyllä vastustuskyvyillä
ablative vastustuskyvyltä vastustuskyvyiltä
allative vastustuskyvylle vastustuskyvyille
essive vastustuskykynä vastustuskykyinä
translative vastustuskyvyksi vastustuskyvyiksi
abessive vastustuskyvyttä vastustuskyvyittä
instructive vastustuskyvyin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vastustuskyky (Kotus type 1*M/valo, k-v gradation)

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