kirsu

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly a variant of kärsä (snout).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkirsu/, [ˈk̟irs̠u]
  • Rhymes: -irsu
  • Syllabification(key): kir‧su

Noun

Kirsu

kirsu

  1. (anatomy) nose leather, rhinarium (usually black or brown region around the nostrils of some mammals, primarily of canines, but also of felines)
    Terveen koiran kirsu on kostea.
    The nose leather of a healthy dog is moist.
  2. (dialectal) A nose of a seal.

Usage notes

  • The rhinarium of mammals is usually called nenä (nose). Also dog's rhinarium is often colloquially referred to as nenä.

Declension

Inflection of kirsu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kirsu kirsut
genitive kirsun kirsujen
partitive kirsua kirsuja
illative kirsuun kirsuihin
singular plural
nominative kirsu kirsut
accusative nom. kirsu kirsut
gen. kirsun
genitive kirsun kirsujen
partitive kirsua kirsuja
inessive kirsussa kirsuissa
elative kirsusta kirsuista
illative kirsuun kirsuihin
adessive kirsulla kirsuilla
ablative kirsulta kirsuilta
allative kirsulle kirsuille
essive kirsuna kirsuina
translative kirsuksi kirsuiksi
abessive kirsutta kirsuitta
instructive kirsuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kirsu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kirsuni kirsuni
accusative nom. kirsuni kirsuni
gen. kirsuni
genitive kirsuni kirsujeni
partitive kirsuani kirsujani
inessive kirsussani kirsuissani
elative kirsustani kirsuistani
illative kirsuuni kirsuihini
adessive kirsullani kirsuillani
ablative kirsultani kirsuiltani
allative kirsulleni kirsuilleni
essive kirsunani kirsuinani
translative kirsukseni kirsuikseni
abessive kirsuttani kirsuittani
instructive
comitative kirsuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kirsusi kirsusi
accusative nom. kirsusi kirsusi
gen. kirsusi
genitive kirsusi kirsujesi
partitive kirsuasi kirsujasi
inessive kirsussasi kirsuissasi
elative kirsustasi kirsuistasi
illative kirsuusi kirsuihisi
adessive kirsullasi kirsuillasi
ablative kirsultasi kirsuiltasi
allative kirsullesi kirsuillesi
essive kirsunasi kirsuinasi
translative kirsuksesi kirsuiksesi
abessive kirsuttasi kirsuittasi
instructive
comitative kirsuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kirsumme kirsumme
accusative nom. kirsumme kirsumme
gen. kirsumme
genitive kirsumme kirsujemme
partitive kirsuamme kirsujamme
inessive kirsussamme kirsuissamme
elative kirsustamme kirsuistamme
illative kirsuumme kirsuihimme
adessive kirsullamme kirsuillamme
ablative kirsultamme kirsuiltamme
allative kirsullemme kirsuillemme
essive kirsunamme kirsuinamme
translative kirsuksemme kirsuiksemme
abessive kirsuttamme kirsuittamme
instructive
comitative kirsuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kirsunne kirsunne
accusative nom. kirsunne kirsunne
gen. kirsunne
genitive kirsunne kirsujenne
partitive kirsuanne kirsujanne
inessive kirsussanne kirsuissanne
elative kirsustanne kirsuistanne
illative kirsuunne kirsuihinne
adessive kirsullanne kirsuillanne
ablative kirsultanne kirsuiltanne
allative kirsullenne kirsuillenne
essive kirsunanne kirsuinanne
translative kirsuksenne kirsuiksenne
abessive kirsuttanne kirsuittanne
instructive
comitative kirsuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative kirsunsa kirsunsa
accusative nom. kirsunsa kirsunsa
gen. kirsunsa
genitive kirsunsa kirsujensa
partitive kirsuaan
kirsuansa
kirsujaan
kirsujansa
inessive kirsussaan
kirsussansa
kirsuissaan
kirsuissansa
elative kirsustaan
kirsustansa
kirsuistaan
kirsuistansa
illative kirsuunsa kirsuihinsa
adessive kirsullaan
kirsullansa
kirsuillaan
kirsuillansa
ablative kirsultaan
kirsultansa
kirsuiltaan
kirsuiltansa
allative kirsulleen
kirsullensa
kirsuilleen
kirsuillensa
essive kirsunaan
kirsunansa
kirsuinaan
kirsuinansa
translative kirsukseen
kirsuksensa
kirsuikseen
kirsuiksensa
abessive kirsuttaan
kirsuttansa
kirsuittaan
kirsuittansa
instructive
comitative kirsuineen
kirsuinensa

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