vihuri
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old East Slavic вихърь (vixŭrĭ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vihuri
- strong gust of wind, gale, squall
- 1912, “Nuijamiesten marssi”, V. A. Koskenniemi (lyrics), Toivo Kuula (music):
- On meidät vihurit valinneet,
yöt meille salansa uskoneet,
on antanut hukka hampahansa
ja ilves varmimman katseistansa.- The squalls have chosen us,
the night confided its secrets to us,
the wolf has given his tooth
and the lynx his firmest gaze.
- The squalls have chosen us,
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of vihuri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vihuri | vihurit | |
| genitive | vihurin | vihurien vihureiden vihureitten | |
| partitive | vihuria | vihureita vihureja | |
| illative | vihuriin | vihureihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vihuri | vihurit | |
| accusative | nom. | vihuri | vihurit |
| gen. | vihurin | ||
| genitive | vihurin | vihurien vihureiden vihureitten | |
| partitive | vihuria | vihureita vihureja | |
| inessive | vihurissa | vihureissa | |
| elative | vihurista | vihureista | |
| illative | vihuriin | vihureihin | |
| adessive | vihurilla | vihureilla | |
| ablative | vihurilta | vihureilta | |
| allative | vihurille | vihureille | |
| essive | vihurina | vihureina | |
| translative | vihuriksi | vihureiksi | |
| abessive | vihuritta | vihureitta | |
| instructive | — | vihurein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “vihuri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04