isokauris

Finnish

Etymology

iso (“big”) +‎ kauris (“small deer”); coined in 2008 by a committee that made a proposal for Finnish names of all mammals. Before that this animal was called saksanhirvi (lit. "German elk") or punahirvi (lit. "red elk").

Noun

isokauris

  1. red deer, Cervus elaphus

Usage notes

This term is slowly gaining ground, but saksanhirvi still appears to be clearly more commonly used (in 2017).

Declension

Inflection of isokauris (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
nominative isokauris isokauriit
genitive isokauriin isokauriiden
isokauriitten
partitive isokaurista isokauriita
illative isokauriiseen isokauriisiin
singular plural
nominative isokauris isokauriit
accusative nom. isokauris isokauriit
gen. isokauriin
genitive isokauriin isokauriiden
isokauriitten
partitive isokaurista isokauriita
inessive isokauriissa isokauriissa
elative isokauriista isokauriista
illative isokauriiseen isokauriisiin
isokauriihinrare
adessive isokauriilla isokauriilla
ablative isokauriilta isokauriilta
allative isokauriille isokauriille
essive isokauriina isokauriina
translative isokauriiksi isokauriiksi
instructive — isokauriin
abessive isokauriitta isokauriitta
comitative — isokauriineen

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