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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly a borrowing from Sami, cf. Proto-Samic *noarvē (“seal”) (whence Northern Sami noarvi). Cognate with Karelian ńorppa, Ludian ńorp. Russian нерпа (nerpa, “seal of the genus "Pusa"”) is a borrowing from Finnic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
norppa
Declension[edit]
Inflection of norppa (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | norppa | norpat | ||
genitive | norpan | norppien | ||
partitive | norppaa | norppia | ||
illative | norppaan | norppiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | norppa | norpat | ||
accusative | nom. | norppa | norpat | |
gen. | norpan | |||
genitive | norpan | norppien norppainrare | ||
partitive | norppaa | norppia | ||
inessive | norpassa | norpissa | ||
elative | norpasta | norpista | ||
illative | norppaan | norppiin | ||
adessive | norpalla | norpilla | ||
ablative | norpalta | norpilta | ||
allative | norpalle | norpille | ||
essive | norppana | norppina | ||
translative | norpaksi | norpiksi | ||
abessive | norpatta | norpitta | ||
instructive | — | norpin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “norppa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03