pensaikko
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pensas (“shrub, bush”) + -ikko
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpensɑi̯kːo/, [ˈpe̞ns̠ɑ̝i̯kːo̞]
- Rhymes: -ensɑikːo
- Syllabification(key): pen‧saik‧ko
- Hyphenation(key): pen‧saik‧ko
Noun
[edit]pensaikko
- shrubbery (growth of shrubs, planted or natural)
- scrub, brush (vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of pensaikko (Kotus type 4*A/laatikko, kk–k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pensaikko | pensaikot | |
| genitive | pensaikon | pensaikkojen pensaikoiden pensaikoitten | |
| partitive | pensaikkoa | pensaikkoja pensaikoita | |
| illative | pensaikkoon | pensaikkoihin pensaikoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pensaikko | pensaikot | |
| accusative | nom. | pensaikko | pensaikot |
| gen. | pensaikon | ||
| genitive | pensaikon | pensaikkojen pensaikoiden pensaikoitten | |
| partitive | pensaikkoa | pensaikkoja pensaikoita | |
| inessive | pensaikossa | pensaikoissa | |
| elative | pensaikosta | pensaikoista | |
| illative | pensaikkoon | pensaikkoihin pensaikoihin | |
| adessive | pensaikolla | pensaikoilla | |
| ablative | pensaikolta | pensaikoilta | |
| allative | pensaikolle | pensaikoille | |
| essive | pensaikkona | pensaikkoina | |
| translative | pensaikoksi | pensaikoiksi | |
| abessive | pensaikotta | pensaikoitta | |
| instructive | — | pensaikoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pensaikko”, 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 3 July 2023