amarantti
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Finnish
Etymology
From German Amarant, from Latin amarantus, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).
Pronunciation
Noun
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
| Inflection of amarantti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- revonhäntä (“amaranth, plant of the genus Amaranthus”)
Further reading
amarantti on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi- “amarantti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
