karhunpalvelus
Finnish
editEtymology
editkarhun (“bear's”) + palvelus (“service”); possibly calque of German Bärendienst (“disservice”)
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈkɑrhunˌpɑlʋelus/, [ˈkɑ̝rhumˌpɑ̝lʋe̞lus̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑlʋelus
- Syllabification(key): kar‧hun‧pal‧ve‧lus
Noun
editkarhunpalvelus
- disservice (something intended as service, but which turns out to be detrimental)
- Antamalla nuorelle runsasta taskurahaa saatamme tehdä hänelle karhunpalveluksen - hän ei opi tekemään työtä rahan eteen.
- By giving a youngster lavish pocket money we may end up doing him a disservice - he does not learn to work for his money.
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “karhunpalvelus”, 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