Pieni karhu
Finnish
Etymology
Calque of Latin Ursa Minor (“Little Bear”)
Proper noun
Pieni karhu
- Ursa Minor, Little Dipper (asterism)
Declension
| Inflection of Pieni karhu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pieni karhu | — | |
| genitive | Pieni karhun | — | |
| partitive | Pieni karhua | — | |
| illative | Pieni karhuun | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Pieni karhu | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Pieni karhu | — |
| gen. | Pieni karhun | ||
| genitive | Pieni karhun | — | |
| partitive | Pieni karhua | — | |
| inessive | Pieni karhussa | — | |
| elative | Pieni karhusta | — | |
| illative | Pieni karhuun | — | |
| adessive | Pieni karhulla | — | |
| ablative | Pieni karhulta | — | |
| allative | Pieni karhulle | — | |
| essive | Pieni karhuna | — | |
| translative | Pieni karhuksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Pieni karhutta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Synonyms
- Lapin Otava (“Lapland's Dipper”)
- Pieni Otava (“Little Dipper”)
- Pikku Otava (“Little Dipper”)
- Pikku-Otava (“Little Dipper”)
- Ruotsin Otava (“Sweden's Dipper”) (rare)