niska

See also: níska and niską

Finnish

(index ni)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈniskɑ/, [ˈnis̠kɑ]
  • Hyphenation: nis‧ka

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *niska. Cognate with Ingrian niska, Karelian niska, Veps nišk, nisk and Votic niska.

Noun

niska

  1. (anatomy) nape, the back of the neck
  2. a load bearing horizontal support column in a building
  3. the upper end of koski (“a series of small waterfalls”) (the place where the rapid flow begins)

Declension
Inflection of niska (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative niska niskat
genitive niskan niskojen
partitive niskaa niskoja
illative niskaan niskoihin
singular plural
nominative niska niskat
accusative nom. niska niskat
gen. niskan
genitive niskan niskojen
niskainrare
partitive niskaa niskoja
inessive niskassa niskoissa
elative niskasta niskoista
illative niskaan niskoihin
adessive niskalla niskoilla
ablative niskalta niskoilta
allative niskalle niskoille
essive niskana niskoina
translative niskaksi niskoiksi
instructive — niskoin
abessive niskatta niskoitta
comitative — niskoineen

Derived terms

Idioms
  • kaatua niskaan (“to fall upon oneself”)
  • nakella niskoja

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnʲiska/

Adjective

niska

  1. nominative feminine singular of niski

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɲi.ska/

Adjective

niska

  1. feminine nominative and vocative singular of niski
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