kaamosmasennus
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of kaamos (“polar night”) + masennus (“depression”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɑːmosˌmɑsenːus/, [ˈkɑ̝ːmo̞s̠ˌmɑ̝s̠e̞nːus̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑsenːus
- Hyphenation(key): kaamos‧masen‧nus
Noun
[edit]kaamosmasennus
- winter depression, seasonal affective disorder (depression associated with lack of natural light in winter)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kaamosmasennus”, 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