pelargoni
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Finnish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swedish pelargon. The dialectal variants like pela(r)kuu(ni) show a more direct borrowing, while the standard form pelargoni has been brought closer to the Latinate Pelargonium.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelargoni
- pelargonium, storksbill; geranium (any plant in the genus Pelargonium)
Usage notes[edit]
Pelargoniums are often commonly known in English as geraniums, because the two genera were earlier regarded as being one, called Geranium.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of pelargoni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pelargoni | pelargonit | ||
genitive | pelargonin | pelargonien | ||
partitive | pelargonia | pelargoneja | ||
illative | pelargoniin | pelargoneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pelargoni | pelargonit | ||
accusative | nom. | pelargoni | pelargonit | |
gen. | pelargonin | |||
genitive | pelargonin | pelargonien | ||
partitive | pelargonia | pelargoneja | ||
inessive | pelargonissa | pelargoneissa | ||
elative | pelargonista | pelargoneista | ||
illative | pelargoniin | pelargoneihin | ||
adessive | pelargonilla | pelargoneilla | ||
ablative | pelargonilta | pelargoneilta | ||
allative | pelargonille | pelargoneille | ||
essive | pelargonina | pelargoneina | ||
translative | pelargoniksi | pelargoneiksi | ||
abessive | pelargonitta | pelargoneitta | ||
instructive | — | pelargonein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “pelargoni”, 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 2023-07-03
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelargoni m
- plural of pelargonio