villikissa
Finnish
Etymology
villi (“wild”) + kissa (“cat”)
Pronunciation
Noun
villikissa
- wild cat, Felis silvestris
- (colloquial) feral cat (domestic cat returned to the wild)
Usage notes
- A feral cat may also be called villiintynyt kissa in order to avoid confusion with Felis silvestris. Neither of the two is a constant member of the Finnish fauna. The feral cats usually die during their first winter of freedom.
Declension
Inflection of villikissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | villikissa | villikissat | |
genitive | villikissan | villikissojen | |
partitive | villikissaa | villikissoja | |
illative | villikissaan | villikissoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | villikissa | villikissat | |
accusative | nom. | villikissa | villikissat |
gen. | villikissan | ||
genitive | villikissan | villikissojen villikissain rare | |
partitive | villikissaa | villikissoja | |
inessive | villikissassa | villikissoissa | |
elative | villikissasta | villikissoista | |
illative | villikissaan | villikissoihin | |
adessive | villikissalla | villikissoilla | |
ablative | villikissalta | villikissoilta | |
allative | villikissalle | villikissoille | |
essive | villikissana | villikissoina | |
translative | villikissaksi | villikissoiksi | |
abessive | villikissatta | villikissoitta | |
instructive | — | villikissoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |