herttu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortened from heinäkerttu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]herttu
- cisticola (any bird of the Cisticolidae family, consisting of about 120 species)
- cisticola (any bird of the Cisticola genus)
Usage notes
[edit]The individual species of the Cisticolidae family are known with a number of common names, including:
- priinia (“prinia”)
- apali (“apalis”)
- kerttu (“warbler”) (these common names are used also of birds in othr families, notably Sylviidae, the Old World warblers)
- raitakerttu (“wren-warbler”)
- jeri (“jery”)
- räätäli (“tailorbird”)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of herttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | herttu | hertut | ||
genitive | hertun | herttujen | ||
partitive | herttua | herttuja | ||
illative | herttuun | herttuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | herttu | hertut | ||
accusative | nom. | herttu | hertut | |
gen. | hertun | |||
genitive | hertun | herttujen | ||
partitive | herttua | herttuja | ||
inessive | hertussa | hertuissa | ||
elative | hertusta | hertuista | ||
illative | herttuun | herttuihin | ||
adessive | hertulla | hertuilla | ||
ablative | hertulta | hertuilta | ||
allative | hertulle | hertuille | ||
essive | herttuna | herttuina | ||
translative | hertuksi | hertuiksi | ||
abessive | hertutta | hertuitta | ||
instructive | — | hertuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |