pilvisalama
Finnish
A cloud-to-cloud lightning photographed in Victoria, Australia
Etymology
pilvi + salama
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpilʋiˌsɑlɑmɑ/, [ˈpilʋiˌs̠ɑlɑmɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑmɑ
- Syllabification(key): pil‧vi‧sa‧la‧ma
Noun
pilvisalama
- cloud-to-cloud lightning (lightning that hits from one cloud to another, or within one cloud)
- sheet lightning (cloud-to-cloud lightning without a visible bolt, because the lightning hits behind the clouds from the point-of-view of the observer)
Declension
| Inflection of pilvisalama (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pilvisalama | pilvisalamat | |
| genitive | pilvisalaman | pilvisalamoiden pilvisalamoitten | |
| partitive | pilvisalamaa | pilvisalamoita | |
| illative | pilvisalamaan | pilvisalamoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pilvisalama | pilvisalamat | |
| accusative | nom. | pilvisalama | pilvisalamat |
| gen. | pilvisalaman | ||
| genitive | pilvisalaman | pilvisalamoiden pilvisalamoitten pilvisalamainrare | |
| partitive | pilvisalamaa | pilvisalamoita | |
| inessive | pilvisalamassa | pilvisalamoissa | |
| elative | pilvisalamasta | pilvisalamoista | |
| illative | pilvisalamaan | pilvisalamoihin | |
| adessive | pilvisalamalla | pilvisalamoilla | |
| ablative | pilvisalamalta | pilvisalamoilta | |
| allative | pilvisalamalle | pilvisalamoille | |
| essive | pilvisalamana | pilvisalamoina | |
| translative | pilvisalamaksi | pilvisalamoiksi | |
| instructive | — | pilvisalamoin | |
| abessive | pilvisalamatta | pilvisalamoitta | |
| comitative | — | pilvisalamoineen | |
| Possessive forms of pilvisalama (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | pilvisalamani | pilvisalamamme |
| 2nd person | pilvisalamasi | pilvisalamanne |
| 3rd person | pilvisalamansa | |