kirveli
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Swedish kirvil, itself borrowed from Middle Low German kervele, ultimately from Latin caerefolium, from Ancient Greek χαιρέφυλλον (khairéphullon).
Noun
kirveli
- chervil (spice)
Declension
| Inflection of kirveli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kirveli | kirvelit | ||
| genitive | kirvelin | kirvelien kirveleiden kirveleitten | ||
| partitive | kirveliä | kirveleitä kirvelejä | ||
| illative | kirveliin | kirveleihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kirveli | kirvelit | ||
| accusative | nom. | kirveli | kirvelit | |
| gen. | kirvelin | |||
| genitive | kirvelin | kirvelien kirveleiden kirveleitten | ||
| partitive | kirveliä | kirveleitä kirvelejä | ||
| inessive | kirvelissä | kirveleissä | ||
| elative | kirvelistä | kirveleistä | ||
| illative | kirveliin | kirveleihin | ||
| adessive | kirvelillä | kirveleillä | ||
| ablative | kirveliltä | kirveleiltä | ||
| allative | kirvelille | kirveleille | ||
| essive | kirvelinä | kirveleinä | ||
| translative | kirveliksi | kirveleiksi | ||
| abessive | kirvelittä | kirveleittä | ||
| instructive | — | kirvelein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “kirveli”, 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 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Verb
kirveli