plusnapa
Finnish
editEtymology
editplus (“plus”) + napa (“pole, terminal”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editplusnapa
- (electricity, direct current system) positive terminal, cathode (battery pole toward which the electrons flow)
- (colloquial) positive terminal, hot terminal (in a two- or three phase electricity distribution system, a terminal with voltage, as opposed to the neutral or zero-voltage terminal)
Declension
edit| Inflection of plusnapa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | plusnapa | plusnavat | |
| genitive | plusnavan | plusnapojen | |
| partitive | plusnapaa | plusnapoja | |
| illative | plusnapaan | plusnapoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | plusnapa | plusnavat | |
| accusative | nom. | plusnapa | plusnavat |
| gen. | plusnavan | ||
| genitive | plusnavan | plusnapojen plusnapain rare | |
| partitive | plusnapaa | plusnapoja | |
| inessive | plusnavassa | plusnavoissa | |
| elative | plusnavasta | plusnavoista | |
| illative | plusnapaan | plusnapoihin | |
| adessive | plusnavalla | plusnavoilla | |
| ablative | plusnavalta | plusnavoilta | |
| allative | plusnavalle | plusnavoille | |
| essive | plusnapana | plusnapoina | |
| translative | plusnavaksi | plusnavoiksi | |
| abessive | plusnavatta | plusnavoitta | |
| instructive | — | plusnavoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
edit- “plusnapa”, 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