vesilintu

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Finnish

Etymology

vesi +‎ lintu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋesiˌlintu/,
  • Rhymes: -intu
  • Hyphenation(key): vesi‧lintu

Noun

vesilintu

  1. waterfowl

Declension

Inflection of vesilintu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)
nominative vesilintu vesilinnut
genitive vesilinnun vesilintujen
partitive vesilintua vesilintuja
illative vesilintuun vesilintuihin
singular plural
nominative vesilintu vesilinnut
accusative nom. vesilintu vesilinnut
gen. vesilinnun
genitive vesilinnun vesilintujen
partitive vesilintua vesilintuja
inessive vesilinnussa vesilinnuissa
elative vesilinnusta vesilinnuista
illative vesilintuun vesilintuihin
adessive vesilinnulla vesilinnuilla
ablative vesilinnulta vesilinnuilta
allative vesilinnulle vesilinnuille
essive vesilintuna vesilintuina
translative vesilinnuksi vesilinnuiksi
abessive vesilinnutta vesilinnuitta
instructive vesilinnuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vesilintu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From vesi (water) +‎ lintu (bird). Akin to Finnish vesilintu.

Pronunciation

Noun

vesilintu

  1. waterfowl

Declension

Declension of vesilintu (type 4/koivu, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative vesilintu vesilinnut
genitive vesilinnun vesilintuin, vesilintuloin
partitive vesilintua vesilintuja, vesilintuloja
illative vesilintuu vesilintui, vesilintuloihe
inessive vesilinnuus vesilinnuis, vesilintulois
elative vesilinnust vesilinnuist, vesilintuloist
allative vesilinnulle vesilinnuille, vesilintuloille
adessive vesilinnuul vesilinnuil, vesilintuloil
ablative vesilinnult vesilinnuilt, vesilintuloilt
translative vesilinnuks vesilinnuiks, vesilintuloiks
essive vesilintunna, vesilintuun vesilintuinna, vesilintuloinna, vesilintuin, vesilintuloin
exessive1) vesilintunt vesilintuint, vesilintuloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 659