boorivesi
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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 boorivettenrare | ||
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