serkku

Finnish

Etymology

Likely developed from an earlier seukku (with contamination from sirkku ((dialectal) sister), derived from sisar), from Karelian (compare sevoitar), derived from setä.

Pronunciation

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Noun

serkku

  1. A first cousin.

Declension

Inflection of serkku (Kotus type 1/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative serkku serkut
genitive serkun serkkujen
partitive serkkua serkkuja
illative serkkuun serkkuihin
singular plural
nominative serkku serkut
accusative nom. serkku serkut
gen. serkun
genitive serkun serkkujen
partitive serkkua serkkuja
inessive serkussa serkuissa
elative serkusta serkuista
illative serkkuun serkkuihin
adessive serkulla serkuilla
ablative serkulta serkuilta
allative serkulle serkuille
essive serkkuna serkkuina
translative serkuksi serkuiksi
instructive serkuin
abessive serkutta serkuitta
comitative serkkuineen

Synonyms

Compounds

  • maalaisserkku
  • pikkuserkku
  • serkkupoika
  • serkkutyttö
  • täysiserkku
  • täysserkku

See also

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