kirsu
Finnish
(index ki)
Etymology
Possibly a variant of kärsä (“snout”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkirsu]
- Hyphenation: kir‧su
- Rhymes: -irsu
Noun
Kirsu
kirsu
- (anatomy) nose leather, rhinarium (usually black or brown region around the nostrils of some mammals, primarily of a dog, but also of a cat)
- Terveen koiran kirsu on kostea.
- The nose leather of a healthy dog is moist.
- (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 | |
| instructive | — | kirsuin | |
| abessive | kirsutta | kirsuitta | |
| comitative | — | kirsuineen | |
Compounds
- kirsuraha
Anagrams
- kursi, ruksi