porsas

See also: põrsas

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *porcas, from Proto-Finno-Permic *porćas, borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (either Balto-Slavic or Indo-Iranian). Related to Erzya пурцос (purcos). Ultimately cognate with English pork.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈporsɑs/, [ˈpo̞rs̠ɑs̠]
  • Rhymes: -orsɑs
  • Syllabification(key): por‧sas

Noun

porsas

  1. piglet
    Synonym: (childish) possu
  2. pork (flesh of a piglet used as meat)
    Synonym: porsaanliha
  3. (figuratively) pig (messy, slovenly, disgusting, or nasty person)
    Synonym: (childish) possu

Declension
Inflection of porsas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
nominative porsas porsaat
genitive porsaan porsaiden
porsaitten
partitive porsasta porsaita
illative porsaaseen porsaisiin
singular plural
nominative porsas porsaat
accusative nom. porsas porsaat
gen. porsaan
genitive porsaan porsaiden
porsaitten
partitive porsasta porsaita
inessive porsaassa porsaissa
elative porsaasta porsaista
illative porsaaseen porsaisiin
porsaihinrare
adessive porsaalla porsailla
ablative porsaalta porsailta
allative porsaalle porsaille
essive porsaana porsaina
translative porsaaksi porsaiksi
instructive — porsain
abessive porsaatta porsaitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of porsas (type vieras)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative porsaani porsaani
accusative nom. porsaani porsaani
gen. porsaani
genitive porsaani porsaideni
porsaitteni
partitive porsastani porsaitani
inessive porsaassani porsaissani
elative porsaastani porsaistani
illative porsaaseeni porsaisiini
porsaihinirare
adessive porsaallani porsaillani
ablative porsaaltani porsailtani
allative porsaalleni porsailleni
essive porsaanani porsainani
translative porsaakseni porsaikseni
instructive — —
abessive porsaattani porsaittani
comitative — porsaineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative porsaasi porsaasi
accusative nom. porsaasi porsaasi
gen. porsaasi
genitive porsaasi porsaidesi
porsaittesi
partitive porsastasi porsaitasi
inessive porsaassasi porsaissasi
elative porsaastasi porsaistasi
illative porsaaseesi porsaisiisi
porsaihisirare
adessive porsaallasi porsaillasi
ablative porsaaltasi porsailtasi
allative porsaallesi porsaillesi
essive porsaanasi porsainasi
translative porsaaksesi porsaiksesi
instructive — —
abessive porsaattasi porsaittasi
comitative — porsainesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative porsaamme porsaamme
accusative nom. porsaamme porsaamme
gen. porsaamme
genitive porsaamme porsaidemme
porsaittemme
partitive porsastamme porsaitamme
inessive porsaassamme porsaissamme
elative porsaastamme porsaistamme
illative porsaaseemme porsaisiimme
porsaihimmerare
adessive porsaallamme porsaillamme
ablative porsaaltamme porsailtamme
allative porsaallemme porsaillemme
essive porsaanamme porsainamme
translative porsaaksemme porsaiksemme
instructive — —
abessive porsaattamme porsaittamme
comitative — porsainemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative porsaanne porsaanne
accusative nom. porsaanne porsaanne
gen. porsaanne
genitive porsaanne porsaidenne
porsaittenne
partitive porsastanne porsaitanne
inessive porsaassanne porsaissanne
elative porsaastanne porsaistanne
illative porsaaseenne porsaisiinne
porsaihinnerare
adessive porsaallanne porsaillanne
ablative porsaaltanne porsailtanne
allative porsaallenne porsaillenne
essive porsaananne porsainanne
translative porsaaksenne porsaiksenne
instructive — —
abessive porsaattanne porsaittanne
comitative — porsainenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative porsaansa porsaansa
accusative nom. porsaansa porsaansa
gen. porsaansa
genitive porsaansa porsaidensa
porsaittensa
partitive porsastaan
porsastansa		 porsaitaan
porsaitansa
inessive porsaassaan
porsaassansa		 porsaissaan
porsaissansa
elative porsaastaan
porsaastansa		 porsaistaan
porsaistansa
illative porsaaseensa porsaisiinsa
porsaihinsarare
adessive porsaallaan
porsaallansa		 porsaillaan
porsaillansa
ablative porsaaltaan
porsaaltansa		 porsailtaan
porsailtansa
allative porsaalleen
porsaallensa		 porsailleen
porsaillensa
essive porsaanaan
porsaanansa		 porsainaan
porsainansa
translative porsaakseen
porsaaksensa		 porsaikseen
porsaiksensa
instructive — —
abessive porsaattaan
porsaattansa		 porsaittaan
porsaittansa
comitative — porsaineen
porsainensa

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Ingrian
Porsaita.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *porcas. Cognates include Finnish porsas and Estonian põrsas.

Probably reinforced by the distantly related Russian поросёнок (porosjónok).

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈporsɑs/, [ˈpo̞rs̠əz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈporsɑs/, [ˈpo̞rʒ̥ɑʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -orsɑs
  • Hyphenation: por‧sas

Noun

porsas

  1. piglet

Declension
Declension of porsas (type 2/patsas, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative porsas porsaat
genitive porsaan porsain
partitive porsasta, porsast porsaita, porsaja
illative porsaasse porsaisse
inessive porsaas porsais
elative porsaast porsaist
allative porsaalle porsaille
adessive porsaal porsail
ablative porsaalt porsailt
translative porsaaks porsaiks
essive porsaanna, porsaan porsainna, porsain
exessive1) porsaant porsaint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 425
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