boorivesi
Finnish
Etymology
boori- (“boric”) + vesi (“water”)
Noun
boorivesi
- (medicine) A dilute solution of boric acid, used e.g. as eyewash due to its antiseptic properties.
Usage notes
Also the term boric water is used in English, but it does not seem to be common.
Declension
| Inflection of boorivesi (Kotus type 27/käsi, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | boorivesi | boorivedet | |
| genitive | booriveden | boorivesien | |
| partitive | boorivettä | boorivesiä | |
| illative | booriveteen | boorivesiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | boorivesi | boorivedet | |
| accusative | nom. | boorivesi | boorivedet |
| gen. | booriveden | ||
| genitive | booriveden | boorivesien boorivettenrare | |
| partitive | boorivettä | boorivesiä | |
| inessive | boorivedessä | boorivesissä | |
| elative | boorivedestä | boorivesistä | |
| illative | booriveteen | boorivesiin | |
| adessive | boorivedellä | boorivesillä | |
| ablative | boorivedeltä | boorivesiltä | |
| allative | boorivedelle | boorivesille | |
| essive | boorivetenä | boorivesinä | |
| translative | boorivedeksi | boorivesiksi | |
| instructive | — | boorivesin | |
| abessive | boorivedettä | boorivesittä | |
| comitative | — | boorivesineen | |