kandi
See also: kaņḑi
English edit
Noun edit
kandi (uncountable)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of kandidaatti.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kandi (colloquial)
- Baccalaureate, a person who has completed the Bachelor of Science.
- bachelor's thesis
Declension edit
Inflection of kandi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kandi | kandit | ||
genitive | kandin | kandien | ||
partitive | kandia | kandeja | ||
illative | kandiin | kandeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kandi | kandit | ||
accusative | nom. | kandi | kandit | |
gen. | kandin | |||
genitive | kandin | kandien | ||
partitive | kandia | kandeja | ||
inessive | kandissa | kandeissa | ||
elative | kandista | kandeista | ||
illative | kandiin | kandeihin | ||
adessive | kandilla | kandeilla | ||
ablative | kandilta | kandeilta | ||
allative | kandille | kandeille | ||
essive | kandina | kandeina | ||
translative | kandiksi | kandeiksi | ||
abessive | kanditta | kandeitta | ||
instructive | — | kandein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “kandi”, 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
Anagrams edit
Mokilese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English candy, from Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu
Noun edit
kandi