sirkus
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch circus, from Latin circus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsər.kœs/
Noun
sirkus (plural sirkusse)
- circus (company of performers; place where this company performs)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsirkus/, [ˈs̠irkus̠]
- Rhymes: -irkus
- Syllabification(key): sir‧kus
- Hyphenation(key): sir‧kus
Noun
sirkus
Declension
| Inflection of sirkus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | sirkus | sirkukset | |
| genitive | sirkuksen | sirkusten sirkuksien | |
| partitive | sirkusta | sirkuksia | |
| illative | sirkukseen | sirkuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sirkus | sirkukset | |
| accusative | nom. | sirkus | sirkukset |
| gen. | sirkuksen | ||
| genitive | sirkuksen | sirkusten sirkuksien | |
| partitive | sirkusta | sirkuksia | |
| inessive | sirkuksessa | sirkuksissa | |
| elative | sirkuksesta | sirkuksista | |
| illative | sirkukseen | sirkuksiin | |
| adessive | sirkuksella | sirkuksilla | |
| ablative | sirkukselta | sirkuksilta | |
| allative | sirkukselle | sirkuksille | |
| essive | sirkuksena | sirkuksina | |
| translative | sirkukseksi | sirkuksiksi | |
| abessive | sirkuksetta | sirkuksitta | |
| instructive | — | sirkuksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “sirkus”, 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 3 July 2023
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪr̥kʏs/
- Rhymes: -ɪr̥kʏs
Noun
sirkus m (genitive singular sirkuss, nominative plural sirkusar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sirkus | sirkusinn | sirkusar | sirkusarnir |
| accusative | sirkus | sirkusinn | sirkusa | sirkusana |
| dative | sirkus | sirkusnum | sirkusum | sirkusunum |
| genitive | sirkuss | sirkussins | sirkusa | sirkusanna |
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch circus, from Latin circus. Cognate of Afrikaans sirkus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɪrkʊs]
- Hyphenation: sir‧kus
Noun
sirkus (plural sirkus-sirkus)
- circus (company of performers; place where this company performs)
Alternative forms
- sarkas (Standard Malay)
Related terms
Further reading
- “sirkus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
sirkus n (definite singular sirkuset, indefinite plural sirkus or sirkuser, definite plural sirkusa or sirkusene)
- a circus
Derived terms
References
- “sirkus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
(adverb): Same as Swedish cirkus.
Noun
sirkus n (definite singular sirkuset, indefinite plural sirkus, definite plural sirkusa)
- a circus
Derived terms
Adverb
sirkus
- (colloquial) alternative form of cirka
References
- “sirkus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.