amarantti
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom German Amarant, from Latin amarantus, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editamarantti
- (botany) Prince-of-Wales feather, prince's feather (Amaranthus hypochondriacus), cultivated for its seeds
- amaranth (seeds of Amaranthus hypochondriacus as foodstuff)
- amaranth (shade of red, the characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of amaranths)
- (chemistry) amaranth (E123, red to purple azo dye used as a biological stain, in cosmetics and as a food colouring)
- (mythology, poetic) amaranth (imaginary flower that does not wither)
Declension
editInflection of amarantti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | amarantti | amarantit | ||
genitive | amarantin | amaranttien | ||
partitive | amaranttia | amarantteja | ||
illative | amaranttiin | amarantteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | amarantti | amarantit | ||
accusative | nom. | amarantti | amarantit | |
gen. | amarantin | |||
genitive | amarantin | amaranttien | ||
partitive | amaranttia | amarantteja | ||
inessive | amarantissa | amaranteissa | ||
elative | amarantista | amaranteista | ||
illative | amaranttiin | amarantteihin | ||
adessive | amarantilla | amaranteilla | ||
ablative | amarantilta | amaranteilta | ||
allative | amarantille | amaranteille | ||
essive | amaranttina | amarantteina | ||
translative | amarantiksi | amaranteiksi | ||
abessive | amarantitta | amaranteitta | ||
instructive | — | amarantein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also
edit- revonhäntä (“amaranth, plant of the genus Amaranthus”)
Further reading
edit- amarantti on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi
- “amarantti”, 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 2023-07-02
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- Finnish terms borrowed from German
- Finnish terms derived from German
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑntːi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑntːi/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
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- Finnish poetic terms
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Amaranths and goosefoots