kirsu

Finnish

(index ki)

Etymology

Possibly a variant of kärsä (snout).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkirsu]
  • Hyphenation: kir‧su
  • Rhymes: -irsu

Noun

Kirsu

kirsu

  1. (anatomy) nose leather, rhinarium (usually black or brown region around the nostrils of some mammals, primarily of a dog, but also of a cat)
    Terveen koiran kirsu on kostea.
    The nose leather of a healthy dog is moist.
  2. (dialectal) A nose of a seal.

Usage notes

  • The rhinarium of mammals is usually called nenä (nose). Also dog's rhinarium is often colloquially referred to as nenä.

Declension

Inflection of kirsu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kirsu kirsut
genitive kirsun kirsujen
partitive kirsua kirsuja
illative kirsuun kirsuihin
singular plural
nominative kirsu kirsut
accusative nom. kirsu kirsut
gen. kirsun
genitive kirsun kirsujen
partitive kirsua kirsuja
inessive kirsussa kirsuissa
elative kirsusta kirsuista
illative kirsuun kirsuihin
adessive kirsulla kirsuilla
ablative kirsulta kirsuilta
allative kirsulle kirsuille
essive kirsuna kirsuina
translative kirsuksi kirsuiksi
instructive kirsuin
abessive kirsutta kirsuitta
comitative kirsuineen

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