amarantti
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Amarant, from Latin amarantus, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]amarantti
- (botany) Prince-of-Wales feather, prince's feather (Amaranthus hypochondriacus), cultivated for its seeds
- amaranth (seeds of Amaranthus hypochondriacus as foodstuff)
- amaranth (shade of red, the characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of amaranths)
- (chemistry) amaranth (E123, red to purple azo dye used as a biological stain, in cosmetics and as a food colouring)
- (mythology, poetic) amaranth (imaginary flower that does not wither)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of amarantti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | amarantti | amarantit | |
genitive | amarantin | amaranttien | |
partitive | amaranttia | amarantteja | |
illative | amaranttiin | amarantteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | amarantti | amarantit | |
accusative | nom. | amarantti | amarantit |
gen. | amarantin | ||
genitive | amarantin | amaranttien | |
partitive | amaranttia | amarantteja | |
inessive | amarantissa | amaranteissa | |
elative | amarantista | amaranteista | |
illative | amaranttiin | amarantteihin | |
adessive | amarantilla | amaranteilla | |
ablative | amarantilta | amaranteilta | |
allative | amarantille | amaranteille | |
essive | amaranttina | amarantteina | |
translative | amarantiksi | amaranteiksi | |
abessive | amarantitta | amaranteitta | |
instructive | — | amarantein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also
[edit]- revonhäntä (“amaranth, plant of the genus Amaranthus”)
Further reading
[edit]- amarantti on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi
- “amarantti”, 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
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from German
- Finnish terms derived from German
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑntːi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑntːi/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Plants
- fi:Chemistry
- fi:Mythology
- Finnish poetic terms
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Amaranths and goosefoots