korsu

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Inside a korsu at Finnish-Soviet frontier in 1941.

Etymology

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Unknown

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkorsu/, [ˈko̞rs̠u]
  • Rhymes: -orsu
  • Hyphenation(key): kor‧su

Noun

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korsu

  1. dugout (pit dug into the ground as a shelter from enemy fire)
  2. (regional, Eastern Finnish) chaff shed

Usage notes

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  • korsu is a dugout big enough to live in and is equipped with a roof. An open shelter for fire may be called potero (foxhole) or juoksuhauta (trench)

Declension

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Inflection of korsu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative korsu korsut
genitive korsun korsujen
partitive korsua korsuja
illative korsuun korsuihin
singular plural
nominative korsu korsut
accusative nom. korsu korsut
gen. korsun
genitive korsun korsujen
partitive korsua korsuja
inessive korsussa korsuissa
elative korsusta korsuista
illative korsuun korsuihin
adessive korsulla korsuilla
ablative korsulta korsuilta
allative korsulle korsuille
essive korsuna korsuina
translative korsuksi korsuiksi
abessive korsutta korsuitta
instructive korsuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of korsu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative korsuni korsuni
accusative nom. korsuni korsuni
gen. korsuni
genitive korsuni korsujeni
partitive korsuani korsujani
inessive korsussani korsuissani
elative korsustani korsuistani
illative korsuuni korsuihini
adessive korsullani korsuillani
ablative korsultani korsuiltani
allative korsulleni korsuilleni
essive korsunani korsuinani
translative korsukseni korsuikseni
abessive korsuttani korsuittani
instructive
comitative korsuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative korsusi korsusi
accusative nom. korsusi korsusi
gen. korsusi
genitive korsusi korsujesi
partitive korsuasi korsujasi
inessive korsussasi korsuissasi
elative korsustasi korsuistasi
illative korsuusi korsuihisi
adessive korsullasi korsuillasi
ablative korsultasi korsuiltasi
allative korsullesi korsuillesi
essive korsunasi korsuinasi
translative korsuksesi korsuiksesi
abessive korsuttasi korsuittasi
instructive
comitative korsuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative korsumme korsumme
accusative nom. korsumme korsumme
gen. korsumme
genitive korsumme korsujemme
partitive korsuamme korsujamme
inessive korsussamme korsuissamme
elative korsustamme korsuistamme
illative korsuumme korsuihimme
adessive korsullamme korsuillamme
ablative korsultamme korsuiltamme
allative korsullemme korsuillemme
essive korsunamme korsuinamme
translative korsuksemme korsuiksemme
abessive korsuttamme korsuittamme
instructive
comitative korsuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative korsunne korsunne
accusative nom. korsunne korsunne
gen. korsunne
genitive korsunne korsujenne
partitive korsuanne korsujanne
inessive korsussanne korsuissanne
elative korsustanne korsuistanne
illative korsuunne korsuihinne
adessive korsullanne korsuillanne
ablative korsultanne korsuiltanne
allative korsullenne korsuillenne
essive korsunanne korsuinanne
translative korsuksenne korsuiksenne
abessive korsuttanne korsuittanne
instructive
comitative korsuinenne

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch koorts.

Noun

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korsu

  1. fever