turnus

See also: Turnus

English

Etymology

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Noun

turnus (plural turnuses)

1. Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly of eastern North America.
   • 1917, Marie Conway Oemler, Slippy McGee: Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man:

     The Turnus is perhaps the most beautiful of our butterflies […]

Anagrams

• u-turns, U-turns, unrust

Danish

Noun

turnus c (singular definite turnussen, plural indefinite turnusser)

1. change between tasks according to a fixed agreed schedule; shiftwork
   • 2013, Shani Boianjiu, Det evige folk har ingen frygt, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     ... de blev fanget efter at have stjålet hegnet, at ingen af de andre drenge kom tilbage til basen igen. Vores lille base afholdt fem dage lange træningsforløb hver måned for den deling, der tog turnussen rundt om Hebron og langs Hovedvej 433.

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   • 2014, Merete Junker, Pigen med ballonen, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     Eller tilhøjere profilerede job i NRK's hovedkvarter i Oslo. Men Kvisle blev stående. Han har selv tydeligt udbasuneret, at han er led og ked af turnussen. Led og ked af at løbe rundt. Led og ked af at måtte forholde sigtilny teknik. Hans hoveder ...

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈturnus/
• Hyphenation: turn‧us

Verb

turnus

1. conditional of turni

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈturnuʃ]

Noun

turnus (plural turnusok)

1. turn

   Synonyms: forduló, menet

2. shift (change of workers)

   Synonym: műszak

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	turnus	turnusok
accusative	turnust	turnusokat
dative	turnusnak	turnusoknak
instrumental	turnussal	turnusokkal
causal-final	turnusért	turnusokért
translative	turnussá	turnusokká
terminative	turnusig	turnusokig
essive-formal	turnusként	turnusokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	turnusban	turnusokban
superessive	turnuson	turnusokon
adessive	turnusnál	turnusoknál
illative	turnusba	turnusokba
sublative	turnusra	turnusokra
allative	turnushoz	turnusokhoz
elative	turnusból	turnusokból
delative	turnusról	turnusokról
ablative	turnustól	turnusoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	turnusé	turnusoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	turnuséi	turnusokéi

Possessive forms of turnus

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	turnusom	turnusaim
2nd person sing.	turnusod	turnusaid
3rd person sing.	turnusa	turnusai
1st person plural	turnusunk	turnusaink
2nd person plural	turnusotok	turnusaitok
3rd person plural	turnusuk	turnusaik

Further reading

• turnus in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈturnus/

Verb

turnus

1. conditional of turnar

Ingrian

Etymology

Ultimately from English turnip. Compare dialectal Finnish turnus. See also Russian турнепс (turneps) and Swedish turnips.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈturnus/, [ˈturnŭz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈturnus/, [ˈturnuʒ̥]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈturnus/, [ˈturnuʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -urnus
• Hyphenation: tur‧nus

Noun

turnus

1. turnip used for fodder
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:

     Nagreskapussalle, kumpaa veel kutsutaa kolrabiks, kasvaa vaa ympyrkäin, lihakas kotsena, kumpa voittiijaa nagrehen, lantun tali turnuksen juuree, mut itse assiaas tämä kotsena ei oo juuri, a ono paksuntunt vars, kumpa ain ono maan pääl.

     On the turnip cabbage, which is also called kohlrabi, grows a round, meaty cabbage stalk, which resembles a root of the turnip, swede or fodder turnip, but in reality this stalk isn't a root, but a thickened stem, which is always on the ground.

Declension

Declension of turnus (type 2/petos, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	turnus	turnukset
genitive	turnuksen	turnuksiin
partitive	turnusta, turnust	turnuksia
illative	turnuksee	turnuksii
inessive	turnuksees	turnuksiis
elative	turnuksest	turnuksist
allative	turnukselle	turnuksille
adessive	turnukseel	turnuksiil
ablative	turnukselt	turnuksilt
translative	turnukseks	turnuksiks
essive	turnuksenna, turnukseen	turnuksinna, turnuksiin
exessive1)	turnuksent	turnuksint
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 610
• Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 204

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Turnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtur.nus/
• Rhymes: -urnus
• Syllabification: tur‧nus

Noun

turnus m inan

1. spell, stay (period of time spent on a holiday, on a course, etc.)
2. camp, course (place where such a time is spent)
3. (colloquial) group, cohort, busload

Declension

Declension of turnus

	singular	plural
nominative	turnus	turnusy
genitive	turnusu	turnusów
dative	turnusowi	turnusom
accusative	turnus	turnusy
instrumental	turnusem	turnusami
locative	turnusie	turnusach
vocative	turnusie	turnusy

Further reading

• turnus in Polish dictionaries at PWN