kapillaari
Finnish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see English capillary), ultimately from Latin capillāris.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkapillaari
- capillary (narrow tube)
- kapillaari-ilmiö ― capillary action
- (anatomy) Synonym of hiussuoni (“capillary, sense "thin blood vessel"”).
Declension
editInflection of kapillaari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kapillaari | kapillaarit | |
genitive | kapillaarin | kapillaarien | |
partitive | kapillaaria | kapillaareja | |
illative | kapillaariin | kapillaareihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kapillaari | kapillaarit | |
accusative | nom. | kapillaari | kapillaarit |
gen. | kapillaarin | ||
genitive | kapillaarin | kapillaarien | |
partitive | kapillaaria | kapillaareja | |
inessive | kapillaarissa | kapillaareissa | |
elative | kapillaarista | kapillaareista | |
illative | kapillaariin | kapillaareihin | |
adessive | kapillaarilla | kapillaareilla | |
ablative | kapillaarilta | kapillaareilta | |
allative | kapillaarille | kapillaareille | |
essive | kapillaarina | kapillaareina | |
translative | kapillaariksi | kapillaareiksi | |
abessive | kapillaaritta | kapillaareitta | |
instructive | — | kapillaarein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (narrow tube): hiusputki, kapillaariputki
- (thin blood vessel): hiussuoni, hiusverisuoni
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “kapillaari”, 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