spesies

Afrikaans

Noun

spesies

  1. plural of spesie

Finnish

Etymology

Coined by the Swedish Neogrammarian linguist Adolf Noreen in 1904, adopted into Finnish grammatical vocabulary in 1915.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspe̞ːsie̞s/

Noun

spesies

  1. (grammar, dated) definiteness or indefiniteness (the quality of a language of expressing the nouns and noun phrases in either definite or indefinite form; the Indoeuropean languages generally have this quality whereas some others, like the Finno-Ugric languages, don't)

Declension

Inflection of spesies (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative spesies spesiekset
genitive spesieksen spesiesten
spesieksien
partitive spesiestä spesieksiä
illative spesiekseen spesieksiin
singular plural
nominative spesies spesiekset
accusative nom. spesies spesiekset
gen. spesieksen
genitive spesieksen spesiesten
spesieksien
partitive spesiestä spesieksiä
inessive spesieksessä spesieksissä
elative spesieksestä spesieksistä
illative spesiekseen spesieksiin
adessive spesieksellä spesieksillä
ablative spesiekseltä spesieksiltä
allative spesiekselle spesieksille
essive spesieksenä spesieksinä
translative spesiekseksi spesieksiksi
instructive — spesieksin
abessive spesieksettä spesieksittä
comitative — spesieksineen

Usage notes

  • Biological species is laji in Finnish.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Further reading

  • "Definiteness in Finnish", article by Andrew Chesterman
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