tirppa
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown, possibly sound-symbolic, or, according to SKES, a variant of kirppa.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tirppa
- (colloquial) small bird
- Synonym of pilppu
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of tirppa (Kotus type 9*B/kala, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tirppa | tirpat | |
| genitive | tirpan | tirppojen | |
| partitive | tirppaa | tirppoja | |
| illative | tirppaan | tirppoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tirppa | tirpat | |
| accusative | nom. | tirppa | tirpat |
| gen. | tirpan | ||
| genitive | tirpan | tirppojen tirppain rare | |
| partitive | tirppaa | tirppoja | |
| inessive | tirpassa | tirpoissa | |
| elative | tirpasta | tirpoista | |
| illative | tirppaan | tirppoihin | |
| adessive | tirpalla | tirpoilla | |
| ablative | tirpalta | tirpoilta | |
| allative | tirpalle | tirpoille | |
| essive | tirppana | tirppoina | |
| translative | tirpaksi | tirpoiksi | |
| abessive | tirpatta | tirpoitta | |
| instructive | — | tirpoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tirppa”, 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