vesikirppu
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Finnish
Etymology
Compound of vesi (“water”) + kirppu (“flea”).
Pronunciation
Noun
vesikirppu
Declension
| Inflection of vesikirppu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vesikirppu | vesikirput | ||
| genitive | vesikirpun | vesikirppujen | ||
| partitive | vesikirppua | vesikirppuja | ||
| illative | vesikirppuun | vesikirppuihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | vesikirppu | vesikirput | ||
| accusative | nom. | vesikirppu | vesikirput | |
| gen. | vesikirpun | |||
| genitive | vesikirpun | vesikirppujen | ||
| partitive | vesikirppua | vesikirppuja | ||
| inessive | vesikirpussa | vesikirpuissa | ||
| elative | vesikirpusta | vesikirpuista | ||
| illative | vesikirppuun | vesikirppuihin | ||
| adessive | vesikirpulla | vesikirpuilla | ||
| ablative | vesikirpulta | vesikirpuilta | ||
| allative | vesikirpulle | vesikirpuille | ||
| essive | vesikirppuna | vesikirppuina | ||
| translative | vesikirpuksi | vesikirpuiksi | ||
| abessive | vesikirputta | vesikirpuitta | ||
| instructive | — | vesikirpuin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Further reading
- “vesikirppu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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