-niekka

Finnish

Etymology

From the Russian suffix -ник (-nik) or -ик (-ik), compare English -nik.

Noun

-niekka

  1. (in compounds) master, whiz, expert, -nik (used to form compound nouns that signify a person who masters a skill)
    soittoniekkaskillful musician
  2. (in compounds) -ed (used to signify a person or animal with a specific characteristic)
    viiksiniekkawhiskered (person or animal)

Declension

Inflection of -niekka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation)
nominative -niekka -niekat
genitive -niekan -niekkojen
partitive -niekkaa -niekkoja
illative -niekkaan -niekkoihin
singular plural
nominative -niekka -niekat
accusative nom. -niekka -niekat
gen. -niekan
genitive -niekan -niekkojen
-niekkainrare
partitive -niekkaa -niekkoja
inessive -niekassa -niekoissa
elative -niekasta -niekoista
illative -niekkaan -niekkoihin
adessive -niekalla -niekoilla
ablative -niekalta -niekoilta
allative -niekalle -niekoille
essive -niekkana -niekkoina
translative -niekaksi -niekoiksi
instructive -niekoin
abessive -niekatta -niekoitta
comitative -niekkoineen
Possessive forms of -niekka (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person -niekkani -niekkamme
2nd person -niekkasi -niekkanne
3rd person -niekkansa

Compounds

Anagrams

kaiken, keikan

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