hirvas
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *hirvas, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas. Cognate with Northern Sami sarvvis, which must have either been borrowed directly from Balto-Slavic or (more likely) come via Finnic before *š became h.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hirvas
Declension[edit]
Inflection of hirvas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hirvas | hirvaat | ||
genitive | hirvaan | hirvaiden hirvaitten | ||
partitive | hirvasta | hirvaita | ||
illative | hirvaaseen | hirvaisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hirvas | hirvaat | ||
accusative | nom. | hirvas | hirvaat | |
gen. | hirvaan | |||
genitive | hirvaan | hirvaiden hirvaitten hirvastenrare | ||
partitive | hirvasta | hirvaita | ||
inessive | hirvaassa | hirvaissa | ||
elative | hirvaasta | hirvaista | ||
illative | hirvaaseen | hirvaisiin hirvaihinrare | ||
adessive | hirvaalla | hirvailla | ||
ablative | hirvaalta | hirvailta | ||
allative | hirvaalle | hirvaille | ||
essive | hirvaana | hirvaina | ||
translative | hirvaaksi | hirvaiksi | ||
abessive | hirvaatta | hirvaitta | ||
instructive | — | hirvain | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Serbo-Croatian: ȉrvās (“reindeer”)
Further reading[edit]
- “hirvas”, 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
Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/irʋɑs
- Rhymes:Finnish/irʋɑs/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vieras-type nominals
- fi:Reindeers