kapea
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kapëda. Cognate to Estonian kabe (“lively, brisk”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kapea (comparative kapeampi, superlative kapein)
- narrow (having small width)
- Antonym: leveä
- (figuratively) narrow (of little extent)
- Antonym: laaja
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kapea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kapea | kapeat | |
genitive | kapean | kapeiden kapeitten | |
partitive | kapeaa kapeata |
kapeita | |
illative | kapeaan | kapeisiin kapeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kapea | kapeat | |
accusative | nom. | kapea | kapeat |
gen. | kapean | ||
genitive | kapean | kapeiden kapeitten kapeain rare | |
partitive | kapeaa kapeata |
kapeita | |
inessive | kapeassa | kapeissa | |
elative | kapeasta | kapeista | |
illative | kapeaan | kapeisiin kapeihin | |
adessive | kapealla | kapeilla | |
ablative | kapealta | kapeilta | |
allative | kapealle | kapeille | |
essive | kapeana | kapeina | |
translative | kapeaksi | kapeiksi | |
abessive | kapeatta | kapeitta | |
instructive | — | kapein | |
comitative | — | kapeine |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “kapea”, 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