saintpaulia
See also: Saintpaulia
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name.
Noun edit
saintpaulia (plural saintpaulias)
- (botany) Any of the perennial flowering plants of the genus Saintpaulia, the African violets, especially Saintpaulia ionantha.
Translations edit
African violet — see African violet
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From translingual Saintpaulia.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑi̯ntpɑu̯liɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝i̯n̪t̪pɑ̝u̯ˌliɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): saint‧pau‧li‧a
Noun edit
saintpaulia
Declension edit
Inflection of saintpaulia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | saintpaulia | saintpauliat | ||
genitive | saintpaulian | saintpaulioiden saintpaulioitten | ||
partitive | saintpauliaa | saintpaulioita | ||
illative | saintpauliaan | saintpaulioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | saintpaulia | saintpauliat | ||
accusative | nom. | saintpaulia | saintpauliat | |
gen. | saintpaulian | |||
genitive | saintpaulian | saintpaulioiden saintpaulioitten saintpauliainrare | ||
partitive | saintpauliaa | saintpaulioita | ||
inessive | saintpauliassa | saintpaulioissa | ||
elative | saintpauliasta | saintpaulioista | ||
illative | saintpauliaan | saintpaulioihin | ||
adessive | saintpaulialla | saintpaulioilla | ||
ablative | saintpaulialta | saintpaulioilta | ||
allative | saintpaulialle | saintpaulioille | ||
essive | saintpauliana | saintpaulioina | ||
translative | saintpauliaksi | saintpaulioiksi | ||
abessive | saintpauliatta | saintpaulioitta | ||
instructive | — | saintpaulioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “saintpaulia”, 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