isokauris
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
iso (“big”) + kauris (“small deer”). Coined by Nisäkäsnimistötoimikunta (Committee for Mammal Names) in 2008. Before that this animal was called saksanhirvi (literally “German elk”) or punahirvi (literally “red elk”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
isokauris
Usage notes[edit]
This term is slowly gaining ground, but saksanhirvi still appears to be clearly more commonly used (in 2017).
Declension[edit]
Inflection of isokauris (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | isokauris | isokauriit | ||
genitive | isokauriin | isokauriiden isokauriitten | ||
partitive | isokaurista | isokauriita | ||
illative | isokauriiseen | isokauriisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | isokauris | isokauriit | ||
accusative | nom. | isokauris | isokauriit | |
gen. | isokauriin | |||
genitive | isokauriin | isokauriiden isokauriitten isokauristenrare | ||
partitive | isokaurista | isokauriita | ||
inessive | isokauriissa | isokauriissa | ||
elative | isokauriista | isokauriista | ||
illative | isokauriiseen | isokauriisiin isokauriihinrare | ||
adessive | isokauriilla | isokauriilla | ||
ablative | isokauriilta | isokauriilta | ||
allative | isokauriille | isokauriille | ||
essive | isokauriina | isokauriina | ||
translative | isokauriiksi | isokauriiksi | ||
abessive | isokauriitta | isokauriitta | ||
instructive | — | isokauriin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “isokauris”, 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