krapula
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkrapula
- A hangover caused by drinking too much alcohol
- Heräsin hirveässä krapulassa.
- I woke up with a horrible hangover.
- (by extension) Withdrawal symptoms caused by the wear-off of other intoxicants or medication
- (by extension, often followed by a specifying adjective) Repentance, contrition
- moraalinen krapula ― drinker's remorse (literally, “moral hangover”)
- Fyysisen krapulan lisäksi kärsin koko päivän moraalisesta krapulasta.
- In addition to physical hangover, I suffered all day from drinker's remorse.
Usage notes
editIn Finnish the word "krapula" and its derivatives refer exclusively to the state of hangover, whereas in English "crapula" refers more widely to the consequences of overdrinking and overeating.
Declension
editInflection of krapula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | krapula | krapulat | ||
genitive | krapulan | krapuloiden krapuloitten | ||
partitive | krapulaa | krapuloita | ||
illative | krapulaan | krapuloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | krapula | krapulat | ||
accusative | nom. | krapula | krapulat | |
gen. | krapulan | |||
genitive | krapulan | krapuloiden krapuloitten krapulain rare | ||
partitive | krapulaa | krapuloita | ||
inessive | krapulassa | krapuloissa | ||
elative | krapulasta | krapuloista | ||
illative | krapulaan | krapuloihin | ||
adessive | krapulalla | krapuloilla | ||
ablative | krapulalta | krapuloilta | ||
allative | krapulalle | krapuloille | ||
essive | krapulana | krapuloina | ||
translative | krapulaksi | krapuloiksi | ||
abessive | krapulatta | krapuloitta | ||
instructive | — | krapuloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
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editFurther reading
edit- “krapula”, 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