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tutkain
tutkain
Finnish
Noun
tutkain
- (archaic) A goad (long, pointed stick used to prod animals).
- On turha potkia tutkainta vastaan.
- A proverb meaning: "It's futile to resist the inevitable."
- On turha potkia tutkainta vastaan.
- (archaic) A sharp point of a tool or weapon; also a sharp mountaintop.
- (military) A mine probe (long thin stick used to locate mines).
- A part of a printing press that locates a sheet correctly for two-sided printing.
- An end of a warp yarn that is cut off when the weaving is finished.
Declension
| Inflection of tutkain (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tutkain | tutkaimet | |
| genitive | tutkaimen | tutkaimien tutkainten |
|
| partitive | tutkainta | tutkaimia | |
| illative | tutkaimeen | tutkaimiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tutkain | tutkaimet | |
| accusative | nom. | tutkain | tutkaimet |
| gen. | tutkaimen | ||
| genitive | tutkaimen | tutkaimien tutkainten |
|
| partitive | tutkainta | tutkaimia | |
| inessive | tutkaimessa | tutkaimissa | |
| elative | tutkaimesta | tutkaimista | |
| illative | tutkaimeen | tutkaimiin | |
| adessive | tutkaimella | tutkaimilla | |
| ablative | tutkaimelta | tutkaimilta | |
| allative | tutkaimelle | tutkaimille | |
| essive | tutkaimena | tutkaimina | |
| translative | tutkaimeksi | tutkaimiksi | |
| instructive | — | tutkaimin | |
| abessive | tutkaimetta | tutkaimitta | |
| comitative | — | tutkaimineen | |
Noun
tutkain
- Genitive plural form of tutka.