villikissa

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Finnish

Etymology

villi (wild) +‎ kissa (cat)

Pronunciation

Noun

villikissa

  1. wild cat, Felis silvestris
  2. (colloquial) feral cat (domestic cat returned to the wild)

Usage notes

  • A feral cat may also be called villiintynyt kissa in order to avoid confusion with Felis silvestris. Neither of the two is a constant member of the Finnish fauna. The feral cats usually die during their first winter of freedom.

Declension

Inflection of villikissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative villikissa villikissat
genitive villikissan villikissojen
partitive villikissaa villikissoja
illative villikissaan villikissoihin
singular plural
nominative villikissa villikissat
accusative nom. villikissa villikissat
gen. villikissan
genitive villikissan villikissojen
villikissain rare
partitive villikissaa villikissoja
inessive villikissassa villikissoissa
elative villikissasta villikissoista
illative villikissaan villikissoihin
adessive villikissalla villikissoilla
ablative villikissalta villikissoilta
allative villikissalle villikissoille
essive villikissana villikissoina
translative villikissaksi villikissoiksi
abessive villikissatta villikissoitta
instructive villikissoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of villikissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

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