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pihka
pihka
Finnish
Noun
pihka
- resin (hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees, in its natural state)
- (informal) love, in the expression olla pihkassa.
Declension
| Inflection of pihka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pihka | pihkat | |
| genitive | pihkan | pihkojen | |
| partitive | pihkaa | pihkoja | |
| illative | pihkaan | pihkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pihka | pihkat | |
| accusative | nom. | pihka | pihkat |
| gen. | pihkan | ||
| genitive | pihkan | pihkojen pihkainrare |
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| partitive | pihkaa | pihkoja | |
| inessive | pihkassa | pihkoissa | |
| elative | pihkasta | pihkoista | |
| illative | pihkaan | pihkoihin | |
| adessive | pihkalla | pihkoilla | |
| ablative | pihkalta | pihkoilta | |
| allative | pihkalle | pihkoille | |
| essive | pihkana | pihkoina | |
| translative | pihkaksi | pihkoiksi | |
| instructive | — | pihkoin | |
| abessive | pihkatta | pihkoitta | |
| comitative | — | pihkoineen | |
Usage notes
To clarify the difference between Finnish terms pihka ("resin") and hartsi (“resin”): pihka is a natural product, which chemically speaking consists of non-volatile hydrocarbons generically called hartsi and volatile eteeriset öljyt (“essential oils”).
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