kirva
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain; possibly from Slavic (compare Russian червь (červʹ))
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kirva
- aphid, commonly also plant louse or greenfly, blackfly, whitefly according to color
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kirva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kirva | kirvat | ||
genitive | kirvan | kirvojen | ||
partitive | kirvaa | kirvoja | ||
illative | kirvaan | kirvoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kirva | kirvat | ||
accusative | nom. | kirva | kirvat | |
gen. | kirvan | |||
genitive | kirvan | kirvojen kirvain rare | ||
partitive | kirvaa | kirvoja | ||
inessive | kirvassa | kirvoissa | ||
elative | kirvasta | kirvoista | ||
illative | kirvaan | kirvoihin | ||
adessive | kirvalla | kirvoilla | ||
ablative | kirvalta | kirvoilta | ||
allative | kirvalle | kirvoille | ||
essive | kirvana | kirvoina | ||
translative | kirvaksi | kirvoiksi | ||
abessive | kirvatta | kirvoitta | ||
instructive | — | kirvoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “kirva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02