boorivesi
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]boori- (“boric”) + vesi (“water”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]boorivesi
- (medicine) A dilute solution of boric acid, used e.g. as eyewash due to its antiseptic properties.
Usage notes
[edit]Also the term boric water is used in English, but it does not seem to be common.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of boorivesi (Kotus type 27*F/käsi, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | boorivesi | boorivedet | |
genitive | booriveden | boorivesien | |
partitive | boorivettä | boorivesiä | |
illative | booriveteen | boorivesiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | boorivesi | boorivedet | |
accusative | nom. | boorivesi | boorivedet |
gen. | booriveden | ||
genitive | booriveden | boorivesien boorivetten rare | |
partitive | boorivettä | boorivesiä | |
inessive | boorivedessä | boorivesissä | |
elative | boorivedestä | boorivesistä | |
illative | booriveteen | boorivesiin | |
adessive | boorivedellä | boorivesillä | |
ablative | boorivedeltä | boorivesiltä | |
allative | boorivedelle | boorivesille | |
essive | boorivetenä | boorivesinä | |
translative | boorivedeksi | boorivesiksi | |
abessive | boorivedettä | boorivesittä | |
instructive | — | boorivesin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “boorivesi”, 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