plodikka

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian плодик (plodik).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈplodikːɑ/, [ˈpɫo̞dikː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈplodikːɑ/, [ˈpɫo̞d̥ikːɑ]
• Rhymes: -odikː, -odikːɑ
• Hyphenation: plo‧dik‧ka

Noun

plodikka

1. small fruit
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Jos katsoa [maitokukan] pöyhkiää harmaata palloa, kumpa tuli keltaisen kukan sihalle, ni siis näkkyy, jot se ono tekahunt pikkaraisist eri plodikoist, kumpiil ono pitkä jalka ja jalan otsaas pöyhkiä zontikka (kuva 1).

     If you look at [the dandelion's] fluffy, grey seedhead, which came at the place of the yellow flower, then it's seen, that it has formed from various tiny fruits, which have a long spur and at the end of the spur a fluffy achene (image 1).

Declension

Declension of plodikka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	plodikka	plodikat
genitive	plodikan	plodikkoin
partitive	plodikkaa	plodikkoja
illative	plodikkaa	plodikkoihe
inessive	plodikaas	plodikois
elative	plodikast	plodikoist
allative	plodikalle	plodikoille
adessive	plodikaal	plodikoil
ablative	plodikalt	plodikoilt
translative	plodikaks	plodikoiks
essive	plodikkanna, plodikkaan	plodikkoinna, plodikkoin
exessive1)	plodikkant	plodikkoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Related terms

• ploda (“fruit”)