meriahven
Finnish
editEtymology
editmeri (“sea”) + ahven (“perch”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmeriahven
- sea bass, grouper (perciform fishes of the family Serranidae)
- used sometimes of common perch (Perca fluviatilis) that live in the brackish sea water of the Baltic Sea in order to differentiate from perch grown in fresh water
Declension
editInflection of meriahven (Kotus type 32/sisar, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | meriahven | meriahvenet | |
genitive | meriahvenen | meriahvenien meriahventen | |
partitive | meriahventa | meriahvenia | |
illative | meriahveneen | meriahveniin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | meriahven | meriahvenet | |
accusative | nom. | meriahven | meriahvenet |
gen. | meriahvenen | ||
genitive | meriahvenen | meriahvenien meriahventen | |
partitive | meriahventa | meriahvenia | |
inessive | meriahvenessa | meriahvenissa | |
elative | meriahvenesta | meriahvenista | |
illative | meriahveneen | meriahveniin | |
adessive | meriahvenella | meriahvenilla | |
ablative | meriahvenelta | meriahvenilta | |
allative | meriahvenelle | meriahvenille | |
essive | meriahvenena | meriahvenina | |
translative | meriahveneksi | meriahveniksi | |
abessive | meriahvenetta | meriahvenitta | |
instructive | — | meriahvenin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “meriahven”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03