olkinukke
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]olki (“straw”) + nukke (“doll”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]olkinukke
- straw man, straw doll (doll or scarecrow stuffed with or made of straw)
- (dialectics) straw man (type of argument based on deliberate misrepresentation of an opponent's position)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of olkinukke (Kotus type 8*A/nalle, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | olkinukke | olkinuket | ||
genitive | olkinuken | olkinukkejen | ||
partitive | olkinukkea | olkinukkeja | ||
illative | olkinukkeen | olkinukkeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | olkinukke | olkinuket | ||
accusative | nom. | olkinukke | olkinuket | |
gen. | olkinuken | |||
genitive | olkinuken | olkinukkejen olkinukkein rare | ||
partitive | olkinukkea | olkinukkeja | ||
inessive | olkinukessa | olkinukeissa | ||
elative | olkinukesta | olkinukeista | ||
illative | olkinukkeen | olkinukkeihin | ||
adessive | olkinukella | olkinukeilla | ||
ablative | olkinukelta | olkinukeilta | ||
allative | olkinukelle | olkinukeille | ||
essive | olkinukkena | olkinukkeina | ||
translative | olkinukeksi | olkinukeiksi | ||
abessive | olkinuketta | olkinukeitta | ||
instructive | — | olkinukein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (argument): olkiukko
Further reading
[edit]- “olkinukke”, 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