serkku
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely developed from an earlier seukku (with contamination from sirkku (“(dialectal) sister”), derived from sisar), from Karelian seukku (compare sevoitar), derived from setä.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
serkku
Declension[edit]
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. |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “serkku”, 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 2023-07-01