kullankarvainen

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Finnish

Etymology

kullan +‎ karvainen; mentioned in a 1683 dictionary in a gloss for Latin rufus and rutilus.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

kullankarvainen (comparative kullankarvaisempi, superlative kullankarvaisin)

  1. (archaic) yellow, gold-coloured, golden
    • 1907, Herodotus, translated by Edvard Rein, Historia-teos I-II:
      Toiset sen sulista ovat kullankarvaiset, toiset punaiset.
      Some of its feathers are golden, others are red.
    • 1917, Gustave Flaubert, translated by Jalmari Hahl, Yksinkertainen sydän, chapter IV:
      Sen ruumis oli vihreä, siivenpäät vaaleanpunaiset, otsa sininen ja rinta kullankarvainen.
      Its body was green, the tips of its wings were pink, its forehead was blue, and its breast was golden.

Declension

Possessive forms of kullankarvainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

References

  1. ^ Florinus, Henricus Matthiae (1683) Nomenclatura Rerum brevissima Latino-Sveco-Finnonica (in Latin), 2nd edition, page 137:Rufus,-rutilus, Roͤdachtigh/ gullroͤdh. Ru- ſkia/ cullan carwainen. [Rufus,-rutilus, Rödaktig, gullröd. Ruskea [punainen], kullankarvainen.]Red, -golden red, Red/ golden red. Red/ golden.