vinttikoira

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Finnish

Etymology

vintti (attic) +‎ koira (dog), from phonetic similarity with Swedish vinthund (gazehound), from German Windhund (gazehound), from Wind (wind) + Hund (dog).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋintːiˌkoi̯rɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -oirɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): vintti‧koira

Noun

vinttikoira

  1. sighthound, gazehound

Declension

Inflection of vinttikoira (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative vinttikoira vinttikoirat
genitive vinttikoiran vinttikoirien
partitive vinttikoiraa vinttikoiria
illative vinttikoiraan vinttikoiriin
singular plural
nominative vinttikoira vinttikoirat
accusative nom. vinttikoira vinttikoirat
gen. vinttikoiran
genitive vinttikoiran vinttikoirien
vinttikoirain rare
partitive vinttikoiraa vinttikoiria
inessive vinttikoirassa vinttikoirissa
elative vinttikoirasta vinttikoirista
illative vinttikoiraan vinttikoiriin
adessive vinttikoiralla vinttikoirilla
ablative vinttikoiralta vinttikoirilta
allative vinttikoiralle vinttikoirille
essive vinttikoirana vinttikoirina
translative vinttikoiraksi vinttikoiriksi
abessive vinttikoiratta vinttikoiritta
instructive vinttikoirin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vinttikoira (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

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