nurmilintu
Finnish
Etymology
nurmi (“lawn, grass”) + lintu (“bird”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnurmiˌlintu/, [ˈnurmiˌlin̪t̪u]
- Rhymes: -intu
- Syllabification(key): nur‧mi‧lin‧tu
Noun
nurmilintu
- (rare, poetic) an endearing term for a child
Usage notes
Attestation is mostly restricted to a single well-known lullaby.
Declension
| Inflection of nurmilintu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nurmilintu | nurmilinnut | |
| genitive | nurmilinnun | nurmilintujen | |
| partitive | nurmilintua | nurmilintuja | |
| illative | nurmilintuun | nurmilintuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nurmilintu | nurmilinnut | |
| accusative | nom. | nurmilintu | nurmilinnut |
| gen. | nurmilinnun | ||
| genitive | nurmilinnun | nurmilintujen | |
| partitive | nurmilintua | nurmilintuja | |
| inessive | nurmilinnussa | nurmilinnuissa | |
| elative | nurmilinnusta | nurmilinnuista | |
| illative | nurmilintuun | nurmilintuihin | |
| adessive | nurmilinnulla | nurmilinnuilla | |
| ablative | nurmilinnulta | nurmilinnuilta | |
| allative | nurmilinnulle | nurmilinnuille | |
| essive | nurmilintuna | nurmilintuina | |
| translative | nurmilinnuksi | nurmilinnuiksi | |
| instructive | — | nurmilinnuin | |
| abessive | nurmilinnutta | nurmilinnuitta | |
| comitative | — | nurmilintuineen | |
| Possessive forms of nurmilintu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | nurmilintuni | nurmilintumme |
| 2nd person | nurmilintusi | nurmilintunne |
| 3rd person | nurmilintunsa | |