kynsi

kynsi

Finnish

(index ky)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *künci, from Proto-Uralic *künče. Cognates include Estonian küüs, Ter Sami kannc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/, [ˈkyns̠i]
• Hyphenation: kyn‧si

Noun

kynsi

1. fingernail, toenail, nail
2. claw
3. clove (any of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic)
4. talon (sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal)
5. (nautical) bill (extremity of the arm of an anchor)
6. (music) plectrum (in harpsichord, the part at the end of a jack that plucks the cord)

Declension

Inflection of kynsi (Kotus type 28/kynsi, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		kynsi	kynnet
genitive		kynnen	kynsien
partitive		kynttä	kynsiä
illative		kynteen	kynsiin
		singular	plural
nominative		kynsi	kynnet
accusative	nom.	kynsi	kynnet
	gen.	kynnen
genitive		kynnen	kynsien kynttenrare
partitive		kynttä	kynsiä
inessive		kynnessä	kynsissä
elative		kynnestä	kynsistä
illative		kynteen	kynsiin
adessive		kynnellä	kynsillä
ablative		kynneltä	kynsiltä
allative		kynnelle	kynsille
essive		kyntenä	kynsinä
translative		kynneksi	kynsiksi
instructive		—	kynsin
abessive		kynnettä	kynsittä
comitative		—	kynsineen

Derived terms

• kynsikäs
• kynsiä

Compounds

• kynnenalus
• kynsilakka
• kynsilaukka
• kynsileikkuri

• kynsinauha
• kynsipiikki
• kynsisakset

• kynsisieni
• kynsisilsa
• kynsitulet

• kynsivalli
• kynsiviila
• sormenkynsi
• varpaankynsi

Verb

kynsi

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of kynsiä.
2. Indicative present connegative form of kynsiä.
3. Second-person singular imperative present form of kynsiä.
4. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kynsiä.

Anagrams

• -yksin, sykin, yksin, yskin

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Karelian

Alternative forms

• künsi
• (Southern) kynzi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *künci.

Noun

kynsi (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. (Northern, anatomy) fingernail