morfi

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English morph), ultimately from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmorfi/, [ˈmo̞rfi]
• Rhymes: -orfi
• Syllabification^(key): mor‧fi
• Hyphenation^(key): mor‧fi

Noun

morfi

1. (linguistics) morph (physical form of a morpheme)

   epäjatkuva morfi / diskontinuatiivinen morfi ― discontinuous morph

2. (biology) morph (local variety of a species)

Declension

Inflection of morfi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		morfi	morfit
genitive		morfin	morfien
partitive		morfia	morfeja
illative		morfiin	morfeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		morfi	morfit
accusative	nom.	morfi	morfit
	gen.	morfin
genitive		morfin	morfien
partitive		morfia	morfeja
inessive		morfissa	morfeissa
elative		morfista	morfeista
illative		morfiin	morfeihin
adessive		morfilla	morfeilla
ablative		morfilta	morfeilta
allative		morfille	morfeille
essive		morfina	morfeina
translative		morfiksi	morfeiksi
abessive		morfitta	morfeitta
instructive		—	morfein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of morfi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative morfini morfini accusative nom. morfini morfini gen. morfini genitive morfini morfieni partitive morfiani morfejani inessive morfissani morfeissani elative morfistani morfeistani illative morfiini morfeihini adessive morfillani morfeillani ablative morfiltani morfeiltani allative morfilleni morfeilleni essive morfinani morfeinani translative morfikseni morfeikseni abessive morfittani morfeittani instructive — — comitative — morfeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative morfisi morfisi accusative nom. morfisi morfisi gen. morfisi genitive morfisi morfiesi partitive morfiasi morfejasi inessive morfissasi morfeissasi elative morfistasi morfeistasi illative morfiisi morfeihisi adessive morfillasi morfeillasi ablative morfiltasi morfeiltasi allative morfillesi morfeillesi essive morfinasi morfeinasi translative morfiksesi morfeiksesi abessive morfittasi morfeittasi instructive — — comitative — morfeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative morfimme morfimme accusative nom. morfimme morfimme gen. morfimme genitive morfimme morfiemme partitive morfiamme morfejamme inessive morfissamme morfeissamme elative morfistamme morfeistamme illative morfiimme morfeihimme adessive morfillamme morfeillamme ablative morfiltamme morfeiltamme allative morfillemme morfeillemme essive morfinamme morfeinamme translative morfiksemme morfeiksemme abessive morfittamme morfeittamme instructive — — comitative — morfeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative morfinne morfinne accusative nom. morfinne morfinne gen. morfinne genitive morfinne morfienne partitive morfianne morfejanne inessive morfissanne morfeissanne elative morfistanne morfeistanne illative morfiinne morfeihinne adessive morfillanne morfeillanne ablative morfiltanne morfeiltanne allative morfillenne morfeillenne essive morfinanne morfeinanne translative morfiksenne morfeiksenne abessive morfittanne morfeittanne instructive — — comitative — morfeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative morfinsa morfinsa accusative nom. morfinsa morfinsa gen. morfinsa genitive morfinsa morfiensa partitive morfiaan morfiansa morfejaan morfejansa inessive morfissaan morfissansa morfeissaan morfeissansa elative morfistaan morfistansa morfeistaan morfeistansa illative morfiinsa morfeihinsa adessive morfillaan morfillansa morfeillaan morfeillansa ablative morfiltaan morfiltansa morfeiltaan morfeiltansa allative morfilleen morfillensa morfeilleen morfeillensa essive morfinaan morfinansa morfeinaan morfeinansa translative morfikseen morfiksensa morfeikseen morfeiksensa abessive morfittaan morfittansa morfeittaan morfeittansa instructive — — comitative — morfeineen morfeinensa

Derived terms

• tyhjä morfi

compounds

• allelomorfi
• allomorfi
• gynandromorfi
• ilmimorfi
• karpalomorfi
• katkomorfi
• morfinraja
• nollamorfi
• portmanteaumorfi
• pteromorfi
• salkkumorfi

Related terms

• -morfia
• -morfinen
• morfogeeni
• morfologia
• -morfoosi

Related terms

• morfeemi

Italian

Noun

morfi m

1. plural of morfo

Anagrams

• firmo, firmò, formi

Spanish

Noun

morfi m (uncountable)

1. (Rioplatense, slang) food

Further reading

• “morfi”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010