vihuri
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old East Slavic вихърь (vixŭrĭ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vihuri
- strong gust of wind, gale, squall
- 1912, “Nuijamiesten marssi”, V. A. Koskenniemi (lyrics), Toivo Kuula (music):
- On meidät vihurit valinneet,
yöt meille salansa uskoneet,
on antanut hukka hampahansa
ja ilves varmimman katseistansa.- The squalls have chosen us,
the night confided its secrets to us,
the wolf has given his tooth
and the lynx his firmest gaze.
- The squalls have chosen us,
Declension[edit]
Inflection of vihuri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | vihuri | vihurit | ||
genitive | vihurin | vihurien vihureiden vihureitten | ||
partitive | vihuria | vihureita vihureja | ||
illative | vihuriin | vihureihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | vihuri | vihurit | ||
accusative | nom. | vihuri | vihurit | |
gen. | vihurin | |||
genitive | vihurin | vihurien vihureiden vihureitten | ||
partitive | vihuria | vihureita vihureja | ||
inessive | vihurissa | vihureissa | ||
elative | vihurista | vihureista | ||
illative | vihuriin | vihureihin | ||
adessive | vihurilla | vihureilla | ||
ablative | vihurilta | vihureilta | ||
allative | vihurille | vihureille | ||
essive | vihurina | vihureina | ||
translative | vihuriksi | vihureiksi | ||
abessive | vihuritta | vihureitta | ||
instructive | — | vihurein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “vihuri”, 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 2023-07-04