karkea
See also: kärkeä
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *karkëda, from Proto-Finno-Permic *karketa.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
karkea (comparative karkeampi, superlative karkein)
- rough, coarse, harsh (not smooth, uneven)
- Synonym: karhea
- coarse (composed of large particles)
- karkea vehnäjauho ― coarse wheat flour
- rough, broad (approximate; hasty or careless)
- crude, unrefined, rough, coarse, blunt (lacking tact)
- (dialectal) bitter (with a bitter taste or smell)
Declension edit
Inflection of karkea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | karkea | karkeat | |
genitive | karkean | karkeiden karkeitten | |
partitive | karkeaa karkeata |
karkeita | |
illative | karkeaan | karkeisiin karkeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | karkea | karkeat | |
accusative | nom. | karkea | karkeat |
gen. | karkean | ||
genitive | karkean | karkeiden karkeitten karkeainrare | |
partitive | karkeaa karkeata |
karkeita | |
inessive | karkeassa | karkeissa | |
elative | karkeasta | karkeista | |
illative | karkeaan | karkeisiin karkeihin | |
adessive | karkealla | karkeilla | |
ablative | karkealta | karkeilta | |
allative | karkealle | karkeille | |
essive | karkeana | karkeina | |
translative | karkeaksi | karkeiksi | |
abessive | karkeatta | karkeitta | |
instructive | — | karkein | |
comitative | — | karkeine |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “karkea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02