rantaneula
Finnish
Etymology
ranta (“beach”) + neula (“needle”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑntɑˌneu̯lɑ/, [ˈrɑn̪t̪ɑˌne̞u̯lɑ]
- Rhymes: -eulɑ
- Syllabification(key): ran‧ta‧neu‧la
Noun
rantaneula
- spined loach (small needle-like Eurasian sweetwater fish, Cobitis taenia)
- in plural (rantaneulat) also the family Cobitidae, the true loaches
Declension
| Inflection of rantaneula (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rantaneula | rantaneulat | |
| genitive | rantaneulan | rantaneulojen | |
| partitive | rantaneulaa | rantaneuloja | |
| illative | rantaneulaan | rantaneuloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rantaneula | rantaneulat | |
| accusative | nom. | rantaneula | rantaneulat |
| gen. | rantaneulan | ||
| genitive | rantaneulan | rantaneulojen rantaneulainrare | |
| partitive | rantaneulaa | rantaneuloja | |
| inessive | rantaneulassa | rantaneuloissa | |
| elative | rantaneulasta | rantaneuloista | |
| illative | rantaneulaan | rantaneuloihin | |
| adessive | rantaneulalla | rantaneuloilla | |
| ablative | rantaneulalta | rantaneuloilta | |
| allative | rantaneulalle | rantaneuloille | |
| essive | rantaneulana | rantaneuloina | |
| translative | rantaneulaksi | rantaneuloiksi | |
| instructive | — | rantaneuloin | |
| abessive | rantaneulatta | rantaneuloitta | |
| comitative | — | rantaneuloineen | |
| Possessive forms of rantaneula (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | rantaneulani | rantaneulamme |
| 2nd person | rantaneulasi | rantaneulanne |
| 3rd person | rantaneulansa | |
Synonyms
- (Cobitis taenia): rantanuoliainen
- (Cobitidae): piikkinuoliaiset
Hypernyms
- rantaneulat, piikkinuoliaiset (family Cobitidae)
- karppikalat (order Cypriniformes)