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korpi
korpi
Finnish
Noun
korpi
- A boreal forest type appearing on moist moraine soils, characterized by dense growth of spruce as the dominating tree species and deep layer of moss as undergrowth. Korpi is often a transition zone between a drier kangas -type forest and various types of suo (“swamp”).
- A deep forest.
- (colloquial) An area remote from dense population; backwoods, backwater, the sticks.
- (obsolete) desert.
Declension
| Inflection of korpi (Kotus type 7/ovi, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | korpi | korvet | |
| genitive | korven | korpien | |
| partitive | korpea | korpia | |
| illative | korpeen | korpiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | korpi | korvet | |
| accusative | nom. | korpi | korvet |
| gen. | korven | ||
| genitive | korven | korpien | |
| partitive | korpea | korpia | |
| inessive | korvessa | korvissa | |
| elative | korvesta | korvista | |
| illative | korpeen | korpiin | |
| adessive | korvella | korvilla | |
| ablative | korvelta | korvilta | |
| allative | korvelle | korville | |
| essive | korpena | korpina | |
| translative | korveksi | korviksi | |
| instructive | — | korvin | |
| abessive | korvetta | korvitta | |
| comitative | — | korpineen | |
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References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.