skruuvi
Finnish
editEtymology
edit< Swedish skruv (“screw”) < translated from Russian винт (vint, “screw”); from the betting system which proceeds in small steps to ever higher bets
Pronunciation
editNoun
editskruuvi
- (card games) vint (card game for four players of Russian origin, similar to bridge)
Declension
editInflection of skruuvi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | skruuvi | skruuvit | |
genitive | skruuvin | skruuvien | |
partitive | skruuvia | skruuveja | |
illative | skruuviin | skruuveihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | skruuvi | skruuvit | |
accusative | nom. | skruuvi | skruuvit |
gen. | skruuvin | ||
genitive | skruuvin | skruuvien | |
partitive | skruuvia | skruuveja | |
inessive | skruuvissa | skruuveissa | |
elative | skruuvista | skruuveista | |
illative | skruuviin | skruuveihin | |
adessive | skruuvilla | skruuveilla | |
ablative | skruuvilta | skruuveilta | |
allative | skruuville | skruuveille | |
essive | skruuvina | skruuveina | |
translative | skruuviksi | skruuveiksi | |
abessive | skruuvitta | skruuveitta | |
instructive | — | skruuvein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
edit- skruuvata (to play "skruuvi")
Further reading
edit- “skruuvi”, 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