kissanhiekka
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kissan (“cat's”) + hiekka (“sand”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kissanhiekka
- kitty litter (mix of sawdust, grit, etc. used to provide a soiling area for pet cats)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of kissanhiekka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kissanhiekka | kissanhiekat | |
| genitive | kissanhiekan | kissanhiekkojen | |
| partitive | kissanhiekkaa | kissanhiekkoja | |
| illative | kissanhiekkaan | kissanhiekkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kissanhiekka | kissanhiekat | |
| accusative | nom. | kissanhiekka | kissanhiekat |
| gen. | kissanhiekan | ||
| genitive | kissanhiekan | kissanhiekkojen kissanhiekkain rare | |
| partitive | kissanhiekkaa | kissanhiekkoja | |
| inessive | kissanhiekassa | kissanhiekoissa | |
| elative | kissanhiekasta | kissanhiekoista | |
| illative | kissanhiekkaan | kissanhiekkoihin | |
| adessive | kissanhiekalla | kissanhiekoilla | |
| ablative | kissanhiekalta | kissanhiekoilta | |
| allative | kissanhiekalle | kissanhiekoille | |
| essive | kissanhiekkana | kissanhiekkoina | |
| translative | kissanhiekaksi | kissanhiekoiksi | |
| abessive | kissanhiekatta | kissanhiekoitta | |
| instructive | — | kissanhiekoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “kissanhiekka”, 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