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kirsikka

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See also: Kirsikka

Finnish

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Etymology

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Old Swedish kirse-(bær) +‎ -ikka (diminutive suffix); compare German Kirsche, Swedish körsbär, Estonian kirss, Russian чере́шня (čeréšnja). Ultimately from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, cherry), from Ancient Greek κερασός (kerasós, bird cherry), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkirsikːɑ/, [ˈk̟irs̠ikːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -irsikːɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): kir‧sik‧ka

Noun

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kirsikka

  1. cherry

Declension

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Inflection of kirsikka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)
nominative kirsikka kirsikat
genitive kirsikan kirsikoiden
kirsikoitten
kirsikkojen
partitive kirsikkaa kirsikoita
kirsikkoja
illative kirsikkaan kirsikoihin
kirsikkoihin
singular plural
nominative kirsikka kirsikat
accusative nom. kirsikka kirsikat
gen. kirsikan
genitive kirsikan kirsikoiden
kirsikoitten
kirsikkojen
kirsikkain rare
partitive kirsikkaa kirsikoita
kirsikkoja
inessive kirsikassa kirsikoissa
elative kirsikasta kirsikoista
illative kirsikkaan kirsikoihin
kirsikkoihin
adessive kirsikalla kirsikoilla
ablative kirsikalta kirsikoilta
allative kirsikalle kirsikoille
essive kirsikkana kirsikkoina
translative kirsikaksi kirsikoiksi
abessive kirsikatta kirsikoitta
instructive kirsikoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kirsikka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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