tiira

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtiːrɑ/, [ˈt̪iːrɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iːrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): tii‧ra

Noun

tiira

  1. tern (bird in the subfamily Terninae of family Laridae - gulls and terns)

Usage notes
  • räyskä (“Caspian tern, Sterna caspia”) is the only bird in this subfamily that does not have tiira in its Finnish common name
  • birds in the genus Anous that belongs to this subfamily are "noddies" in English

Declension
Inflection of tiira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative tiira tiirat
genitive tiiran tiirojen
partitive tiiraa tiiroja
illative tiiraan tiiroihin
singular plural
nominative tiira tiirat
accusative nom. tiira tiirat
gen. tiiran
genitive tiiran tiirojen
tiirainrare
partitive tiiraa tiiroja
inessive tiirassa tiiroissa
elative tiirasta tiiroista
illative tiiraan tiiroihin
adessive tiiralla tiiroilla
ablative tiiralta tiiroilta
allative tiiralle tiiroille
essive tiirana tiiroina
translative tiiraksi tiiroiksi
instructive — tiiroin
abessive tiiratta tiiroitta
comitative — tiiroineen
Possessive forms of tiira (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person tiirani tiiramme
2nd person tiirasi tiiranne
3rd person tiiransa

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