rasvarauhanen
Finnish
Etymology
rasva (“grease”) + rauhanen (“gland”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑsʋɑˌrɑu̯hɑnen/, [ˈrɑs̠ʋɑˌrɑu̯ɦɑne̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑuhɑnen
- Syllabification(key): ras‧va‧rau‧ha‧nen
Noun
rasvarauhanen
- (zoology) uropygial gland (secretory organ, at the base of a bird's tail, that secretes the oil used in preening)
- Synonym: uropygiaalirauhanen
- (zoology) grease gland (gland located at the end of guinea pig's spine, that secretes a thick, oily substance with which the animals mark their territory)
Declension
| Inflection of rasvarauhanen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rasvarauhanen | rasvarauhaset | |
| genitive | rasvarauhasen | rasvarauhasten rasvarauhasien | |
| partitive | rasvarauhasta | rasvarauhasia | |
| illative | rasvarauhaseen | rasvarauhasiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rasvarauhanen | rasvarauhaset | |
| accusative | nom. | rasvarauhanen | rasvarauhaset |
| gen. | rasvarauhasen | ||
| genitive | rasvarauhasen | rasvarauhasten rasvarauhasien | |
| partitive | rasvarauhasta | rasvarauhasia | |
| inessive | rasvarauhasessa | rasvarauhasissa | |
| elative | rasvarauhasesta | rasvarauhasista | |
| illative | rasvarauhaseen | rasvarauhasiin | |
| adessive | rasvarauhasella | rasvarauhasilla | |
| ablative | rasvarauhaselta | rasvarauhasilta | |
| allative | rasvarauhaselle | rasvarauhasille | |
| essive | rasvarauhasena | rasvarauhasina | |
| translative | rasvarauhaseksi | rasvarauhasiksi | |
| instructive | — | rasvarauhasin | |
| abessive | rasvarauhasetta | rasvarauhasitta | |
| comitative | — | rasvarauhasineen | |
| Possessive forms of rasvarauhanen (type nainen) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | rasvarauhaseni | rasvarauhasemme |
| 2nd person | rasvarauhasesi | rasvarauhasenne |
| 3rd person | rasvarauhasensa | |