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Kangas
Kangas
Finnish
Proper noun
Kangas
- A surname.
Declension
| Inflection of Kangas (Kotus type 41/vieras, nk-ng gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kangas | Kankaat | |
| genitive | Kankaan | Kankaiden Kankaitten |
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| partitive | Kangasta | Kankaita | |
| illative | Kankaaseen | Kankaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kangas | Kankaat | |
| accusative | nom. | Kangas | Kankaat |
| gen. | Kankaan | ||
| genitive | Kankaan | Kankaiden Kankaitten |
|
| partitive | Kangasta | Kankaita | |
| inessive | Kankaassa | Kankaissa | |
| elative | Kankaasta | Kankaista | |
| illative | Kankaaseen | Kankaisiin Kankaihinrare |
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| adessive | Kankaalla | Kankailla | |
| ablative | Kankaalta | Kankailta | |
| allative | Kankaalle | Kankaille | |
| essive | Kankaana | Kankaina | |
| translative | Kankaaksi | Kankaiksi | |
| instructive | — | Kankain | |
| abessive | Kankaatta | Kankaitta | |
| comitative | — | Kankaineen | |
External links
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Kari Kangas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
kangas
kangas
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɑŋːɑs]
- Hyphenation: kan‧gas
- Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑs
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *kangas, from Germanic.
Noun
kangas
Declension
| Inflection of kangas (Kotus type 41/vieras, nk-ng gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kangas | kankaat | |
| genitive | kankaan | kankaiden kankaitten |
|
| partitive | kangasta | kankaita | |
| illative | kankaaseen | kankaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kangas | kankaat | |
| accusative | nom. | kangas | kankaat |
| gen. | kankaan | ||
| genitive | kankaan | kankaiden kankaitten |
|
| partitive | kangasta | kankaita | |
| inessive | kankaassa | kankaissa | |
| elative | kankaasta | kankaista | |
| illative | kankaaseen | kankaisiin kankaihinrare |
|
| adessive | kankaalla | kankailla | |
| ablative | kankaalta | kankailta | |
| allative | kankaalle | kankaille | |
| essive | kankaana | kankaina | |
| translative | kankaaksi | kankaiksi | |
| instructive | — | kankain | |
| abessive | kankaatta | kankaitta | |
| comitative | — | kankaineen | |
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *kangas, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (“way, passage”), boreal forests being easily passable. Possibly a doublet with kankare.
Noun
kangas
- A soil type: firm, moraine ground covered with a relatively thin layer of organic topsoil called podsol; also kangasmaa.
- A forest type growing on such soil, predominantly coniferous; boreal forest; also kangasmetsä.
Declension
| Inflection of kangas (Kotus type 41/vieras, nk-ng gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kangas | kankaat | |
| genitive | kankaan | kankaiden kankaitten |
|
| partitive | kangasta | kankaita | |
| illative | kankaaseen | kankaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kangas | kankaat | |
| accusative | nom. | kangas | kankaat |
| gen. | kankaan | ||
| genitive | kankaan | kankaiden kankaitten |
|
| partitive | kangasta | kankaita | |
| inessive | kankaassa | kankaissa | |
| elative | kankaasta | kankaista | |
| illative | kankaaseen | kankaisiin kankaihinrare |
|
| adessive | kankaalla | kankailla | |
| ablative | kankaalta | kankailta | |
| allative | kankaalle | kankaille | |
| essive | kankaana | kankaina | |
| translative | kankaaksi | kankaiksi | |
| instructive | — | kankain | |
| abessive | kankaatta | kankaitta | |
| comitative | — | kankaineen | |
Derived terms
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