olkinukke
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]olki (“straw”) + nukke (“doll”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]olkinukke
- straw man, straw doll (doll or scarecrow stuffed with or made of straw)
- (dialectics) straw man (type of argument based on deliberate misrepresentation of an opponent's position)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of olkinukke (Kotus type 8*A/nalle, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | olkinukke | olkinuket | |
genitive | olkinuken | olkinukkejen | |
partitive | olkinukkea | olkinukkeja | |
illative | olkinukkeen | olkinukkeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | olkinukke | olkinuket | |
accusative | nom. | olkinukke | olkinuket |
gen. | olkinuken | ||
genitive | olkinuken | olkinukkejen olkinukkein rare | |
partitive | olkinukkea | olkinukkeja | |
inessive | olkinukessa | olkinukeissa | |
elative | olkinukesta | olkinukeista | |
illative | olkinukkeen | olkinukkeihin | |
adessive | olkinukella | olkinukeilla | |
ablative | olkinukelta | olkinukeilta | |
allative | olkinukelle | olkinukeille | |
essive | olkinukkena | olkinukkeina | |
translative | olkinukeksi | olkinukeiksi | |
abessive | olkinuketta | olkinukeitta | |
instructive | — | olkinukein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (argument): olkiukko
Further reading
[edit]- “olkinukke”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03