katve
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *katvëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (whence e.g. English shade, shadow). No cognates in the other Finnic languages are known.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
katve
- shade, shadow (relative darkness caused by the interruption of light)
- Istahdimme koivun katveeseen.
- We sat down in the shade of a birchtree.
- (military) dead angle
- blind spot (location where radio reception is significantly poorer than in surrounding locations)
- shadow (area protected by an obstacle)
- Vuoret sulkevat tien sateita tuovilta ilmamassoilta ja niiden taakse jää kuiva katve.
- The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a shadow of dryness behind them.
Declension edit
Inflection of katve (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | katve | katveet | ||
genitive | katveen | katveiden katveitten | ||
partitive | katvetta | katveita | ||
illative | katveeseen | katveisiin katveihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | katve | katveet | ||
accusative | nom. | katve | katveet | |
gen. | katveen | |||
genitive | katveen | katveiden katveitten | ||
partitive | katvetta | katveita | ||
inessive | katveessa | katveissa | ||
elative | katveesta | katveista | ||
illative | katveeseen | katveisiin katveihin | ||
adessive | katveella | katveilla | ||
ablative | katveelta | katveilta | ||
allative | katveelle | katveille | ||
essive | katveena | katveina | ||
translative | katveeksi | katveiksi | ||
abessive | katveetta | katveitta | ||
instructive | — | katvein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
compounds
References edit
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “katve”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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