satakieli
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
sata (“hundred”) + kieli (“tongue”)
Noun[edit]
satakieli
- Any of the birds in genus Luscinia, in Finnish satakielet. Individual species are called robin, rubythroat, nightingale and bluethroat in English.
- The thrush nightingale (sprosser), Luscinia luscinia.
- A commonly, and erroneously, used name of etelänsatakieli, the common nightingale, nightingale or rufous nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos.
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of satakieli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | satakieli | satakielet | |
| genitive | satakielen | satakielten satakielien |
|
| partitive | satakieltä | satakieliä | |
| illative | satakieleen | satakieliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | satakieli | satakielet | |
| accusative | nom. | satakieli | satakielet |
| gen. | satakielen | ||
| genitive | satakielen | satakielten satakielien |
|
| partitive | satakieltä | satakieliä | |
| inessive | satakielessä | satakielissä | |
| elative | satakielestä | satakielistä | |
| illative | satakieleen | satakieliin | |
| adessive | satakielellä | satakielillä | |
| ablative | satakieleltä | satakieliltä | |
| allative | satakielelle | satakielille | |
| essive | satakielenä | satakielinä | |
| translative | satakieleksi | satakieliksi | |
| instructive | — | satakielin | |
| abessive | satakielettä | satakielittä | |
| comitative | — | satakielineen | |
Usage notes[edit]
"Nightingale" is often translated into Finnish as satakieli. This is an error, since the bird called nightingale in English is a southern species and does not normally appear in Finland. The bird called satakieli in Finland is thrush nightingale in English.
Synonyms[edit]
- (common nightingale): etelänsatakieli
