revontulet
Finnish
Etymology
revon (“fox's”) + tulet (“fires”); from the archaic belief that the northern lights are a reflection of the fur of a "firefox"; see tulikettu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈre̞ʋo̞n̪ˌt̪ule̞t̪]
- Hyphenation: re‧von‧tu‧let
Noun
revontulet pl
- aurora (atmospheric phenomenon around magnetic poles of the Earth, created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere)
- northern lights, aurora borealis (this phenomenon on the northern hemisphere)
- southern lights, aurora australis (this phenomenon on the southern hemisphere)
Declension
| Inflection of revontulet (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | revontulet | |
| genitive | — | revontulien revontulten | |
| partitive | — | revontulia | |
| illative | — | revontuliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | — | revontulet | |
| accusative | nom. | — | revontulet |
| gen. | — | ||
| genitive | — | revontulien revontulten | |
| partitive | — | revontulia | |
| inessive | — | revontulissa | |
| elative | — | revontulista | |
| illative | — | revontuliin | |
| adessive | — | revontulilla | |
| ablative | — | revontulilta | |
| allative | — | revontulille | |
| essive | — | revontulina | |
| translative | — | revontuliksi | |
| instructive | — | revontulin | |
| abessive | — | revontulitta | |
| comitative | — | revontulineen | |
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