hämäräsokeus

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Finnish

Etymology

hämärä +‎ sokeus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhæmæræˌsokeus/,
  • Rhymes: -okeus
  • Hyphenation(key): hä‧märä‧soke‧us

Noun

hämäräsokeus

  1. night blindness, nyctalopia (inability to see in faint light)

Usage notes

  • Formerly night blindness has been called in Finnish also hemeralopia, which in English means day blindness. Reason for this confusion is that in Germany and France the terms "hemeralopie" (night blindness) and "nyctalopie" (day blindness) are used in the opposite sense to the English usage.

Declension

Possessive forms of hämäräsokeus (Kotus type 40*F/kalleus, t-d gradation)

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