serkku
Finnish
Etymology
Likely developed from an earlier seukku (with contamination from sirkku (“(dialectal) sister”), derived from sisar), from Karelian (compare sevoitar), derived from setä.
Pronunciation
Noun
serkku
- A first cousin.
Declension
Inflection of serkku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | serkku | serkut | |
genitive | serkun | serkkujen | |
partitive | serkkua | serkkuja | |
illative | serkkuun | serkkuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | serkku | serkut | |
accusative | nom. | serkku | serkut |
gen. | serkun | ||
genitive | serkun | serkkujen | |
partitive | serkkua | serkkuja | |
inessive | serkussa | serkuissa | |
elative | serkusta | serkuista | |
illative | serkkuun | serkkuihin | |
adessive | serkulla | serkuilla | |
ablative | serkulta | serkuilta | |
allative | serkulle | serkuille | |
essive | serkkuna | serkkuina | |
translative | serkuksi | serkuiksi | |
abessive | serkutta | serkuitta | |
instructive | — | serkuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |