blanfordinkettu
Finnish
Etymology
Blanfordin (“Blanford's”) + kettu (“fox”); calque of "Blanford's fox" named in honour of William Thomas Blanford
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɑnfordinˌketːu/, [ˈblɑɱfo̞rdiŋˌke̞t̪ːu]
- Rhymes: -etːu
- Syllabification(key): blan‧for‧din‧ket‧tu
Noun
blanfordinkettu
- Blanford's fox, Vulpes cana (small fox found in certain regions of the Middle East)
Declension
| Inflection of blanfordinkettu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | blanfordinkettu | blanfordinketut | |
| genitive | blanfordinketun | blanfordinkettujen | |
| partitive | blanfordinkettua | blanfordinkettuja | |
| illative | blanfordinkettuun | blanfordinkettuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | blanfordinkettu | blanfordinketut | |
| accusative | nom. | blanfordinkettu | blanfordinketut |
| gen. | blanfordinketun | ||
| genitive | blanfordinketun | blanfordinkettujen | |
| partitive | blanfordinkettua | blanfordinkettuja | |
| inessive | blanfordinketussa | blanfordinketuissa | |
| elative | blanfordinketusta | blanfordinketuista | |
| illative | blanfordinkettuun | blanfordinkettuihin | |
| adessive | blanfordinketulla | blanfordinketuilla | |
| ablative | blanfordinketulta | blanfordinketuilta | |
| allative | blanfordinketulle | blanfordinketuille | |
| essive | blanfordinkettuna | blanfordinkettuina | |
| translative | blanfordinketuksi | blanfordinketuiksi | |
| instructive | — | blanfordinketuin | |
| abessive | blanfordinketutta | blanfordinketuitta | |
| comitative | — | blanfordinkettuineen | |
| Possessive forms of blanfordinkettu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | blanfordinkettuni | blanfordinkettumme |
| 2nd person | blanfordinkettusi | blanfordinkettunne |
| 3rd person | blanfordinkettunsa | |
Synonyms
- mustatäpläkettu (proposed in 2008 by a committee that made an effort to invent Finnish names for all mammals and update a number of existing ones)
Anagrams
- blanfordinketut