sulka
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sulka, likely from Proto-Uralic *tulka. Cognates include Estonian sulg and Hungarian toll.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sul‧ka
Noun
sulka
- feather (stiff feather in a bird's wing or tail that helps to produce the lift)
Usage notes
The word "feather" has two translations into Finnish: sulka which is defined above and höyhen which refers to the shorter and softer feathers that cover the bird's body. Closest to the skin is the fine untuva (“down”) which helps to maintain body heat on cold weather.
Declension
| Inflection of sulka (Kotus type 10/koira, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sulka | sulat | |
| genitive | sulan | sulkien | |
| partitive | sulkaa | sulkia | |
| illative | sulkaan | sulkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sulka | sulat | |
| accusative | nom. | sulka | sulat |
| gen. | sulan | ||
| genitive | sulan | sulkien sulkainrare | |
| partitive | sulkaa | sulkia | |
| inessive | sulassa | sulissa | |
| elative | sulasta | sulista | |
| illative | sulkaan | sulkiin | |
| adessive | sulalla | sulilla | |
| ablative | sulalta | sulilta | |
| allative | sulalle | sulille | |
| essive | sulkana | sulkina | |
| translative | sulaksi | suliksi | |
| instructive | — | sulin | |
| abessive | sulatta | sulitta | |
| comitative | — | sulkineen | |
See also
Anagrams
Votic
Noun
sulka (genitive sulgaa, partitive [please provide])
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- "sulka" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat
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