vesivelli

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Finnish

Etymology

vesi (water) +‎ velli (gruel)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋesiˌʋelːi/,
  • Rhymes: -elːi
  • Syllabification(key): ve‧si‧vel‧li

Noun

vesivelli

  1. rye gruel made with water instead of milk
  2. (derogatory) Any watery dish.
  3. (figuratively) Something wishy-washy.
    Elokuvan rakkauskohtaukset olivat kuin vesivelliä.
    The love scenes in the movie were wishy-washy.

Declension

Inflection of vesivelli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative vesivelli vesivellit
genitive vesivellin vesivellien
partitive vesivelliä vesivellejä
illative vesivelliin vesivelleihin
singular plural
nominative vesivelli vesivellit
accusative nom. vesivelli vesivellit
gen. vesivellin
genitive vesivellin vesivellien
partitive vesivelliä vesivellejä
inessive vesivellissä vesivelleissä
elative vesivellistä vesivelleistä
illative vesivelliin vesivelleihin
adessive vesivellillä vesivelleillä
ablative vesivelliltä vesivelleiltä
allative vesivellille vesivelleille
essive vesivellinä vesivelleinä
translative vesivelliksi vesivelleiksi
abessive vesivellittä vesivelleittä
instructive vesivellein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vesivelli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

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