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ohdake
ohdake
Finnish
Noun
ohdake
Usage notes
In English common usage, the term thistle is used of prickly plants belonging to 15 genera (see: thistle). In Finnish plant names the use of ohdake is limited to genera Cirsium and Onopordum. Due to their resemblance to Cirsium, also plants belonging to genera Carduus (karhiainen), Carlina (kurho) and Arctium (takiainen) are often called ohdake in everyday language.
Declension
| Inflection of ohdake (Kotus type 48/hame, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ohdake | ohdakkeet | |
| genitive | ohdakkeen | ohdakkeiden ohdakkeitten |
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| partitive | ohdaketta | ohdakkeita | |
| illative | ohdakkeeseen | ohdakkeisiin ohdakkeihin |
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| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ohdake | ohdakkeet | |
| accusative | nom. | ohdake | ohdakkeet |
| gen. | ohdakkeen | ||
| genitive | ohdakkeen | ohdakkeiden ohdakkeitten |
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| partitive | ohdaketta | ohdakkeita | |
| inessive | ohdakkeessa | ohdakkeissa | |
| elative | ohdakkeesta | ohdakkeista | |
| illative | ohdakkeeseen | ohdakkeisiin ohdakkeihin |
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| adessive | ohdakkeella | ohdakkeilla | |
| ablative | ohdakkeelta | ohdakkeilta | |
| allative | ohdakkeelle | ohdakkeille | |
| essive | ohdakkeena | ohdakkeina | |
| translative | ohdakkeeksi | ohdakkeiksi | |
| instructive | — | ohdakkein | |
| abessive | ohdakkeetta | ohdakkeitta | |
| comitative | — | ohdakkeineen | |
Derived terms
Compounds
- huopaohdake (Cirsium helenioides or Cirsium heterophyllum)
- keltaohdake (Cirsium oleraceum)
- kruunuohdake (Onopordum acanthium)
- kääpiöohdake (Cirsium acaule)
- pelto-ohdake (Cirsium arvense)
- piikkiohdake (Cirsium vulgare or Cirsium lanceolatum)
- suo-ohdake (Cirsium palustre)