kirsu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a variant of kärsä (“snout”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Dogs_nose.jpg/150px-Dogs_nose.jpg)
kirsu
- (anatomy) nose leather, rhinarium (usually black or brown region around the nostrils of some mammals, primarily of canines, but also of felines)
- Terveen koiran kirsu on kostea.
- The nose leather of a healthy dog is moist.
- (dialectal) A nose of a seal.
Usage notes
[edit]- The rhinarium of mammals is usually called nenä (“nose”). Also dog's rhinarium is often colloquially referred to as nenä.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kirsu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kirsu | kirsut | |
genitive | kirsun | kirsujen | |
partitive | kirsua | kirsuja | |
illative | kirsuun | kirsuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kirsu | kirsut | |
accusative | nom. | kirsu | kirsut |
gen. | kirsun | ||
genitive | kirsun | kirsujen | |
partitive | kirsua | kirsuja | |
inessive | kirsussa | kirsuissa | |
elative | kirsusta | kirsuista | |
illative | kirsuun | kirsuihin | |
adessive | kirsulla | kirsuilla | |
ablative | kirsulta | kirsuilta | |
allative | kirsulle | kirsuille | |
essive | kirsuna | kirsuina | |
translative | kirsuksi | kirsuiksi | |
abessive | kirsutta | kirsuitta | |
instructive | — | kirsuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “kirsu”, 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