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Definition 2024
sulka
sulka
Finnish
Noun
sulka
- feather (stiff feather in a bird's wing or tail that helps to produce the lift)
Declension
| Inflection of sulka (Kotus type 10/koira, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sulka | sulat | |
| genitive | sulan | sulkien | |
| partitive | sulkaa | sulkia | |
| illative | sulkaan | sulkiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sulka | sulat | |
| accusative | nom. | sulka | sulat |
| gen. | sulan | ||
| genitive | sulan | sulkien sulkainrare |
|
| partitive | sulkaa | sulkia | |
| inessive | sulassa | sulissa | |
| elative | sulasta | sulista | |
| illative | sulkaan | sulkiin | |
| adessive | sulalla | sulilla | |
| ablative | sulalta | sulilta | |
| allative | sulalle | sulille | |
| essive | sulkana | sulkina | |
| translative | sulaksi | suliksi | |
| instructive | — | sulin | |
| abessive | sulatta | sulitta | |
| comitative | — | sulkineen | |
Usage notes
The word "feather" has two translations into Finnish: sulka which is defined above and höyhen which refers to the shorter and softer feathers that cover the bird's body. Closest to the skin is the fine untuva (“down”) which helps to maintain body heat on cold weather.