koiska
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
koi (“moth”) + -ska, from the ancient belief that cancer is caused by a worm that eats the body from inside in the same way as the larvae of moth eat the clothes.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
koiska (archaic)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of koiska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | koiska | koiskat | ||
genitive | koiskan | koiskien | ||
partitive | koiskaa | koiskia | ||
illative | koiskaan | koiskiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | koiska | koiskat | ||
accusative | nom. | koiska | koiskat | |
gen. | koiskan | |||
genitive | koiskan | koiskien koiskainrare | ||
partitive | koiskaa | koiskia | ||
inessive | koiskassa | koiskissa | ||
elative | koiskasta | koiskista | ||
illative | koiskaan | koiskiin | ||
adessive | koiskalla | koiskilla | ||
ablative | koiskalta | koiskilta | ||
allative | koiskalle | koiskille | ||
essive | koiskana | koiskina | ||
translative | koiskaksi | koiskiksi | ||
abessive | koiskatta | koiskitta | ||
instructive | — | koiskin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |