karsina

See also: kärsinä

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrsinɑ/, [ˈkɑrs̠inɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrsinɑ
• Syllabification: kar‧si‧na

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *karcina, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian gardinys).

Noun

karsina

1. pen, fold (of animals)

Declension

Inflection of karsina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		karsina	karsinat
genitive		karsinan	karsinoiden karsinoitten
partitive		karsinaa	karsinoita
illative		karsinaan	karsinoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		karsina	karsinat
accusative	nom.	karsina	karsinat
	gen.	karsinan
genitive		karsinan	karsinoiden karsinoitten karsinainrare
partitive		karsinaa	karsinoita
inessive		karsinassa	karsinoissa
elative		karsinasta	karsinoista
illative		karsinaan	karsinoihin
adessive		karsinalla	karsinoilla
ablative		karsinalta	karsinoilta
allative		karsinalle	karsinoille
essive		karsinana	karsinoina
translative		karsinaksi	karsinoiksi
instructive		—	karsinoin
abessive		karsinatta	karsinoitta
comitative		—	karsinoineen

Possessive forms of karsina (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	karsinani	karsinamme
2nd person	karsinasi	karsinanne
3rd person	karsinansa

Etymology 2

Noun

karsina

1. Essive plural form of karsi.

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Anagrams

• karsain, raiskan, sankari, sarkain