revontulet
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
revon (“fox's”) + tulet (“fires”); from the archaic belief that the northern lights are a reflection of the fur of a "firefox"; see tulikettu. Cognate with Ingrian revointulet, Karelian revontulet, rebontulet, rebointuled, Livvi rebointuli and Ludian revontuled.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
revontulet pl
- aurora (atmospheric phenomenon around magnetic poles of the Earth, created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere)
- northern lights, aurora borealis (this phenomenon on the northern hemisphere)
- southern lights, aurora australis (this phenomenon on the southern hemisphere)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of revontulet (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | revontulet | |
| genitive | — | revontulien revontulten | |
| partitive | — | revontulia | |
| illative | — | revontuliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | — | revontulet | |
| accusative | nom. | — | revontulet |
| gen. | — | ||
| genitive | — | revontulien revontulten | |
| partitive | — | revontulia | |
| inessive | — | revontulissa | |
| elative | — | revontulista | |
| illative | — | revontuliin | |
| adessive | — | revontulilla | |
| ablative | — | revontulilta | |
| allative | — | revontulille | |
| essive | — | revontulina | |
| translative | — | revontuliksi | |
| instructive | — | revontulin | |
| abessive | — | revontulitta | |
| comitative | — | revontulineen | |
| Possessive forms of revontulet (type uni) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | revontuleni | revontulemme |
| 2nd person | revontulesi | revontulenne |
| 3rd person | revontulensa | |