vimpa
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin vimpa, from Old Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from *wīpaną (“to wind, swing”). Doublet of wimple.
Noun
vimpa (plural vimpae)
- A veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of servers who carry the mitre and crosier during liturgical functions when they are not being used by the bishop, in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and some other western churches.
Finnish
Noun
vimpa
- vimba (Vimba vimba)
Declension
| Inflection of vimpa (Kotus type 9/kala, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vimpa | vimmat | |
| genitive | vimman | vimpojen | |
| partitive | vimpaa | vimpoja | |
| illative | vimpaan | vimpoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vimpa | vimmat | |
| accusative | nom. | vimpa | vimmat |
| gen. | vimman | ||
| genitive | vimman | vimpojen vimpainrare | |
| partitive | vimpaa | vimpoja | |
| inessive | vimmassa | vimmoissa | |
| elative | vimmasta | vimmoista | |
| illative | vimpaan | vimpoihin | |
| adessive | vimmalla | vimmoilla | |
| ablative | vimmalta | vimmoilta | |
| allative | vimmalle | vimmoille | |
| essive | vimpana | vimpoina | |
| translative | vimmaksi | vimmoiksi | |
| instructive | — | vimmoin | |
| abessive | vimmatta | vimmoitta | |
| comitative | — | vimpoineen | |
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin vimpa, from Old Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from Proto-Germanic *wīpaną (“to wind, swing”).
Noun
vimpa f (plural vimpe)
- vimpa