karvas kalkki
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑrʋɑs ˈkɑlkːi/, [ˈkɑrʋɑs̠ ˈkɑlkːi]
Noun
karvas kalkki
- bitter pill (something unpleasant that must be accepted or endured; in Finnish, it is swallowed or drank in idioms)
Usage notes
Is usually preceded with a word in genitive, such as tappion karvas kalkki ("the bitter pill of defeat").
Declension
| Inflection of karvas kalkki (Kotus type 51/nuoripari) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | karvas kalkki | karvaat kalkit | |
| genitive | karvaan kalkin | karvaiden kalkkien | |
| partitive | karvasta kalkkia | karvaita kalkkeja | |
| illative | karvaaseen kalkkiin | karvaisiin kalkkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | karvas kalkki | karvaat kalkit | |
| accusative | nom. | karvas kalkki | karvaat kalkit |
| gen. | karvaan kalkin | ||
| genitive | karvaan kalkin | karvaiden kalkkien karvaitten kalkkienrare | |
| partitive | karvasta kalkkia | karvaita kalkkeja | |
| inessive | karvaassa kalkissa | karvaissa kalkeissa | |
| elative | karvaasta kalkista | karvaista kalkeista | |
| illative | karvaaseen kalkkiin | karvaisiin kalkkeihin karvaihin kalkkeihinrare | |
| adessive | karvaalla kalkilla | karvailla kalkeilla | |
| ablative | karvaalta kalkilta | karvailta kalkeilta | |
| allative | karvaalle kalkille | karvaille kalkeille | |
| essive | karvaana kalkkina | karvaina kalkkeina | |
| translative | karvaaksi kalkiksi | karvaiksi kalkeiksi | |
| instructive | — | karvain kalkein | |
| abessive | karvaatta kalkitta | karvaitta kalkeitta | |
| comitative | — | karvaine kalkkeineen | |
| Possessive forms of karvas kalkki (type nuoripari) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | karvas kalkkini | karvas kalkkimme |
| 2nd person | karvas kalkkisi | karvas kalkkinne |
| 3rd person | karvas kalkkinsa | |