kärhi
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See also: karhi
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
In the current sense, coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1860, based on the dialectal word kärhi (“pine whorl”). Probably a back-formation of the dialectal adjective kärheä (“rough, surly”), itself a fronted variant of karhea.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kärhi
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kärhi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kärhi | kärhet | ||
genitive | kärhen | kärhien | ||
partitive | kärheä | kärhiä | ||
illative | kärheen | kärhiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kärhi | kärhet | ||
accusative | nom. | kärhi | kärhet | |
gen. | kärhen | |||
genitive | kärhen | kärhien | ||
partitive | kärheä | kärhiä | ||
inessive | kärhessä | kärhissä | ||
elative | kärhestä | kärhistä | ||
illative | kärheen | kärhiin | ||
adessive | kärhellä | kärhillä | ||
ablative | kärheltä | kärhiltä | ||
allative | kärhelle | kärhille | ||
essive | kärhenä | kärhinä | ||
translative | kärheksi | kärhiksi | ||
abessive | kärhettä | kärhittä | ||
instructive | — | kärhin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “kärhi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02