karhu

See also: Karhu

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *karhu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrhu/, [ˈkɑrhu]
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  • Rhymes: -ɑrhu
  • Hyphenation: kar‧hu

Noun

karhu

  1. bear (large omnivorous mammal of the family Ursidae)
  2. brown bear, Ursus arctos
  3. (finance) bear (investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices)

Declension

Inflection of karhu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative karhu karhut
genitive karhun karhujen
partitive karhua karhuja
illative karhuun karhuihin
singular plural
nominative karhu karhut
accusative nom. karhu karhut
gen. karhun
genitive karhun karhujen
partitive karhua karhuja
inessive karhussa karhuissa
elative karhusta karhuista
illative karhuun karhuihin
adessive karhulla karhuilla
ablative karhulta karhuilta
allative karhulle karhuille
essive karhuna karhuina
translative karhuksi karhuiksi
instructive karhuin
abessive karhutta karhuitta
comitative karhuineen

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *karhu.

Noun

karhu (genitive karhun, partitive karhua)

  1. bear

Declension

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