knoppi
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from knoppologia < Swedish knappologi < knapp (“button”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]knoppi
- trivia, triviality, detail (insignificant item of unimportant information, especially one assumed useful for passing an exam)
- Napoleonin syntymävuosi on pelkkä knoppi—etenkin, jos ei ymmärrä hänen vaikutustaan historiassa.
- Napoleon’s birth year is a mere triviality—especially if one does not understand his influence in history.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of knoppi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | knoppi | knopit | ||
genitive | knopin | knoppien | ||
partitive | knoppia | knoppeja | ||
illative | knoppiin | knoppeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | knoppi | knopit | ||
accusative | nom. | knoppi | knopit | |
gen. | knopin | |||
genitive | knopin | knoppien | ||
partitive | knoppia | knoppeja | ||
inessive | knopissa | knopeissa | ||
elative | knopista | knopeista | ||
illative | knoppiin | knoppeihin | ||
adessive | knopilla | knopeilla | ||
ablative | knopilta | knopeilta | ||
allative | knopille | knopeille | ||
essive | knoppina | knoppeina | ||
translative | knopiksi | knopeiksi | ||
abessive | knopitta | knopeitta | ||
instructive | — | knopein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “knoppi”, 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 2023-07-02