spesies
Afrikaans
Finnish
Etymology
Coined by the Swedish Neogrammarian linguist Adolf Noreen in 1904, adopted into Finnish grammatical vocabulary in 1915.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspe̞ːsie̞s/
Noun
spesies
- (grammar, dated) definiteness or indefiniteness (the quality of a language of expressing the nouns and noun phrases in either definite or indefinite form; the Indoeuropean languages generally have this quality whereas some others, like the Finno-Ugric languages, don't)
Declension
| Inflection of spesies (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | spesies | spesiekset | |
| genitive | spesieksen | spesiesten spesieksien | |
| partitive | spesiestä | spesieksiä | |
| illative | spesiekseen | spesieksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | spesies | spesiekset | |
| accusative | nom. | spesies | spesiekset |
| gen. | spesieksen | ||
| genitive | spesieksen | spesiesten spesieksien | |
| partitive | spesiestä | spesieksiä | |
| inessive | spesieksessä | spesieksissä | |
| elative | spesieksestä | spesieksistä | |
| illative | spesiekseen | spesieksiin | |
| adessive | spesieksellä | spesieksillä | |
| ablative | spesiekseltä | spesieksiltä | |
| allative | spesiekselle | spesieksille | |
| essive | spesieksenä | spesieksinä | |
| translative | spesiekseksi | spesieksiksi | |
| instructive | — | spesieksin | |
| abessive | spesieksettä | spesieksittä | |
| comitative | — | spesieksineen | |
Usage notes
- Biological species is laji in Finnish.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
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