villikissa
Finnish
Etymology
villi (“wild”) + kissa (“cat”)
Noun
villikissa
- wild cat, Felis silvestris
- (colloquial) feral cat (domestic cat returned to the wild)
Usage notes
- A feral cat may also be called villiintynyt kissa in order to avoid confusion with Felis silvestris. Neither of the two is a constant member of the Finnish fauna. The feral cats usually die during their first winter of freedom.
Declension
| Inflection of villikissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | villikissa | villikissat | |
| genitive | villikissan | villikissojen | |
| partitive | villikissaa | villikissoja | |
| illative | villikissaan | villikissoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | villikissa | villikissat | |
| accusative | nom. | villikissa | villikissat |
| gen. | villikissan | ||
| genitive | villikissan | villikissojen villikissainrare | |
| partitive | villikissaa | villikissoja | |
| inessive | villikissassa | villikissoissa | |
| elative | villikissasta | villikissoista | |
| illative | villikissaan | villikissoihin | |
| adessive | villikissalla | villikissoilla | |
| ablative | villikissalta | villikissoilta | |
| allative | villikissalle | villikissoille | |
| essive | villikissana | villikissoina | |
| translative | villikissaksi | villikissoiksi | |
| instructive | — | villikissoin | |
| abessive | villikissatta | villikissoitta | |
| comitative | — | villikissoineen | |
Synonyms
- metsäkissa
See also
- karkukissa
- kotikissa
- kulkukissa