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From Proto-Finnic *sulka, likely from Proto-Uralic *tulka (see the Proto-Finnic entry for details). Cognates include Estonian sulg, Erzya толга (tolga) and Hungarian toll.

  • IPA(key): /ˈsulkɑ/, [ˈs̠ulkɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ulkɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): sul‧ka

sulka

  1. (stiff) feather, more specifically a flight feather (stiff feather in a bird's wing or tail used in flying)
  2. windscreen wiper's rubber blade
  3. (colloquial) shuttle (short for the shuttlecock used in badminton)
    Synonym: sulkapallo

See the usage notes at höyhen.

Sulka liival.

From Proto-Finnic *sulka. Cognates include Finnish sulka and Estonian sulg.

sulka

  1. feather

    • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:

      Linnuul olliit kultaiset sulat hänes.

      The bird had golden feathers on it.

    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10:

      Hänel ono jääneet vaa nahka sulkiinka ja luut.

      On him only skin, feathers and bones remain.
Declension of sulka (type 3/koira, k- gradation)
singular plural
nominative sulka sulat
genitive sulan sulkiin
partitive sulkaa sulkia
illative sulkaa sulkii
inessive sulas sulis
elative sulast sulist
allative sulalle sulille
adessive sulal sulil
ablative sulalt sulilt
translative sulaks suliks
essive sulkanna, sulkaan sulkinna, sulkiin
exessive1) sulkant sulkint
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.
  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сулга”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 685
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 549