Golfvirta
Finnish
Etymology
Partial calque of English Gulf Stream; Golf + virta. The -o- is also found in German Golfstrom and Swedish Golfströmmen, which may have been the direct source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡolfˌʋirtɑ/, [ˈɡo̞lfˌʋirt̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -irtɑ
- Syllabification(key): golf‧vir‧ta
Proper noun
Golfvirta
- Gulf Stream (warm ocean currentflowing from the Caribbean to the North Atlantic)
Declension
| Inflection of Golfvirta (Kotus type 9*K/kala, rt-rr gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Golfvirta | — | |
| genitive | Golfvirran | — | |
| partitive | Golfvirtaa | — | |
| illative | Golfvirtaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Golfvirta | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Golfvirta | — |
| gen. | Golfvirran | ||
| genitive | Golfvirran | — | |
| partitive | Golfvirtaa | — | |
| inessive | Golfvirrassa | — | |
| elative | Golfvirrasta | — | |
| illative | Golfvirtaan | — | |
| adessive | Golfvirralla | — | |
| ablative | Golfvirralta | — | |
| allative | Golfvirralle | — | |
| essive | Golfvirtana | — | |
| translative | Golfvirraksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Golfvirratta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Golfvirta (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Golfvirtani | Golfvirtamme |
| 2nd person | Golfvirtasi | Golfvirtanne |
| 3rd person | Golfvirtansa | |