knoppi
Finnish
Etymology
Back-formation from knoppologia < Swedish knappologi < knapp (“button”)
Noun
knoppi
- trivia, triviality, detail (insignificant item of unimportant information, especially one assumed useful for passing an exam)
- Napoleonin syntymävuosi on pelkkä knoppi—etenkin, jos ei ymmärrä hänen vaikutustaan historiassa.
- Napoleon’s birth year is a mere triviality—especially if one does not understand his influence in history.
Declension
| Inflection of knoppi (Kotus type 5/risti, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | knoppi | knopit | |
| genitive | knopin | knoppien | |
| partitive | knoppia | knoppeja | |
| illative | knoppiin | knoppeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | knoppi | knopit | |
| accusative | nom. | knoppi | knopit |
| gen. | knopin | ||
| genitive | knopin | knoppien | |
| partitive | knoppia | knoppeja | |
| inessive | knopissa | knopeissa | |
| elative | knopista | knopeista | |
| illative | knoppiin | knoppeihin | |
| adessive | knopilla | knopeilla | |
| ablative | knopilta | knopeilta | |
| allative | knopille | knopeille | |
| essive | knoppina | knoppeina | |
| translative | knopiksi | knopeiksi | |
| instructive | — | knopein | |
| abessive | knopitta | knopeitta | |
| comitative | — | knoppeineen | |