kirsu
Finnish
Etymology
Possibly a variant of kärsä (“snout”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kirsu
- (anatomy) nose leather, rhinarium (usually black or brown region around the nostrils of some mammals, primarily of a dog, but also of a cat)
- Terveen koiran kirsu on kostea.
- The nose leather of a healthy dog is moist.
- (dialectal) A nose of a seal.
Usage notes
- The rhinarium of mammals is usually called nenä (“nose”). Also dog's rhinarium is often colloquially referred to as nenä.
Declension
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. |