timotei
Finnish
Etymology
From Timothy Hanson, who pioneered the cultivation of the plant.
Noun
timotei
- timothy, Phleum pratense (grass)
Usage notes
The term timotei originally refers to cultivated timothy hay. Wild timothy is called nurmitähkiö in Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of timotei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | timotei | timoteit | |
| genitive | timotein | timoteiden timoteitten | |
| partitive | timoteita | timoteita | |
| illative | timoteihin | timoteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | timotei | timoteit | |
| accusative | nom. | timotei | timoteit |
| gen. | timotein | ||
| genitive | timotein | timoteiden timoteitten | |
| partitive | timoteita | timoteita | |
| inessive | timoteissa | timoteissa | |
| elative | timoteista | timoteista | |
| illative | timoteihin | timoteihin | |
| adessive | timoteilla | timoteilla | |
| ablative | timoteilta | timoteilta | |
| allative | timoteille | timoteille | |
| essive | timoteina | timoteina | |
| translative | timoteiksi | timoteiksi | |
| instructive | — | timotein | |
| abessive | timoteitta | timoteitta | |
| comitative | — | timoteineen | |
Anagrams
- emittoi, toimite
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English timothy, named after Timothy Hanson.
Noun
timotei m (definite singular timoteien, indefinite plural timoteier, definite plural timoteiene)
- timothy (grass), Phleum pratense
References
- “timotei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “timotei” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English timothy, named after Timothy Hanson.
Noun
timotei m (definite singular timoteien, indefinite plural timoteiar, definite plural timoteiane)
- timothy (grass), Phleum pratense
References
- “timotei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.