lintu

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, a cognate of Estonian lind, Ter Sami lonn't, and Hungarian lúd. See liitää, to soar.

Noun

lintu

1. bird
2. poultry (meat of domesticated fowl used for nutrition)

Declension

Inflection of lintu (Kotus type 1/valo, nt-nn gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		lintu	linnut
accusative	nom.?	lintu	linnut
	gen.	linnun
genitive		linnun	lintujen
partitive		lintua	lintuja
inessive		linnussa	linnuissa
elative		linnusta	linnuista
illative		lintuun	lintuihin
adessive		linnulla	linnuilla
ablative		linnulta	linnuilta
allative		linnulleˣ	linnuilleˣ
essive		lintuna	lintuina
translative		linnuksi	linnuiksi
instructive		—	linnuin
abessive		linnutta	linnuitta
comitative		—	lintuineen

Synonyms

• (poultry): linnunliha

Derived terms

• lintubongaus
• lintujen tarkkailu
• pahan ilman lintu = bird of ill omen (literally: "bird of bad weather")

Anagrams

• tulin

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Karelian

Alternative forms

• lindu

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, a cognate of Estonian lind and Hungarian lúd.

Noun

lintu (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. bird

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, a cognate of Estonian lind and Hungarian lúd.

Noun

lintu (genitive linnu, partitive lintua)

1. bird

Declension

Declension of lintu singular plural nominative lintu linnud genitive linnu lintuje partitive lintua lintuit illative lintuu lintuisõ inessive linnuz lintuiz elative linnuss lintuiss allative linnulõ lintuilõ adessive linnull lintuil ablative linnult lintuilt translative linnussi lintuissi essive linnuna lintuiina comitative linnuka lintuiika terminative linnulõssa lintuiisõssa