harakanvarvas
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]harakan (“of magpie”) + varvas (“toe”), Literally, “magpie's toe(s)”
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhɑrɑkɑnˌʋɑrʋɑs/, [ˈhɑ̝rɑ̝kɑ̝nˌʋɑ̝rʋɑ̝s̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑrʋɑs
- Syllabification(key): ha‧ra‧kan‧var‧vas
Noun
[edit]harakanvarvas
- (figurative, chiefly in the plural) chicken scratch, scrawl (cramped or illegible handwriting)
- Synonym: riipustus
- (figurative, chiefly in the plural) crow's feet (wrinkles at the outer corners of the eye)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of harakanvarvas (Kotus type 41*E/vieras, p-v gradation) | |||
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nominative | harakanvarvas | harakanvarpaat | |
genitive | harakanvarpaan | harakanvarpaiden harakanvarpaitten | |
partitive | harakanvarvasta | harakanvarpaita | |
illative | harakanvarpaaseen | harakanvarpaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | harakanvarvas | harakanvarpaat | |
accusative | nom. | harakanvarvas | harakanvarpaat |
gen. | harakanvarpaan | ||
genitive | harakanvarpaan | harakanvarpaiden harakanvarpaitten harakanvarvasten rare | |
partitive | harakanvarvasta | harakanvarpaita | |
inessive | harakanvarpaassa | harakanvarpaissa | |
elative | harakanvarpaasta | harakanvarpaista | |
illative | harakanvarpaaseen | harakanvarpaisiin harakanvarpaihin rare | |
adessive | harakanvarpaalla | harakanvarpailla | |
ablative | harakanvarpaalta | harakanvarpailta | |
allative | harakanvarpaalle | harakanvarpaille | |
essive | harakanvarpaana | harakanvarpaina | |
translative | harakanvarpaaksi | harakanvarpaiksi | |
abessive | harakanvarpaatta | harakanvarpaitta | |
instructive | — | harakanvarpain | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “harakanvarvas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[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