kärki

See also: karki

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kärki, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kärke (“woodpecker”). The original meaning is still preserved in palokärki. Cognates include Karelian kärki, Võro kärgʼ (“woodpecker”) and Veps kärg (“woodpecker”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkærki]
  • Rhymes: -ærki
  • Hyphenation: kär‧ki

Noun

kärki

  1. point, tip, cusp (sharp point or pointed end)
  2. lead (the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game)
  3. (geometry) vertex
  4. (heraldry) pile

Declension
Inflection of kärki (Kotus type 7/ovi, k-j gradation)
nominative kärki kärjet
genitive kärjen kärkien
partitive kärkeä kärkiä
illative kärkeen kärkiin
singular plural
nominative kärki kärjet
accusative nom. kärki kärjet
gen. kärjen
genitive kärjen kärkien
partitive kärkeä kärkiä
inessive kärjessä kärjissä
elative kärjestä kärjistä
illative kärkeen kärkiin
adessive kärjellä kärjillä
ablative kärjeltä kärjiltä
allative kärjelle kärjille
essive kärkenä kärkinä
translative kärjeksi kärjiksi
instructive — kärjin
abessive kärjettä kärjittä
comitative — kärkineen

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