hopea

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hopeda which also meant "soft" or "brittle" [1]. Cognate with Estonian hõbe.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ho‧pe‧a
  • IPA(key): /ˈhopeɑ/

Noun

hopea

  1. silver (metal)
  2. (jewelry) silver (alloy of silver and copper which contains at least 83 % silver)

Declension

Inflection of hopea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
nominative hopea hopeat
genitive hopean hopeiden
hopeitten
partitive hopeaa
hopeata
hopeita
illative hopeaan hopeisiin
hopeihin
singular plural
nominative hopea hopeat
accusative nom. hopea hopeat
gen. hopean
genitive hopean hopeiden
hopeitten
hopeainrare
partitive hopeaa
hopeata
hopeita
inessive hopeassa hopeissa
elative hopeasta hopeista
illative hopeaan hopeisiin
hopeihin
adessive hopealla hopeilla
ablative hopealta hopeilta
allative hopealle hopeille
essive hopeana hopeina
translative hopeaksi hopeiksi
instructive hopein
abessive hopeatta hopeitta
comitative hopeineen

Derived terms

Adjective

hopea (not comparable)

  1. silver (colour)

Declension

Inflection of hopea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
nominative hopea hopeat
genitive hopean hopeiden
hopeitten
partitive hopeaa
hopeata
hopeita
illative hopeaan hopeisiin
hopeihin
singular plural
nominative hopea hopeat
accusative nom. hopea hopeat
gen. hopean
genitive hopean hopeiden
hopeitten
hopeainrare
partitive hopeaa
hopeata
hopeita
inessive hopeassa hopeissa
elative hopeasta hopeista
illative hopeaan hopeisiin
hopeihin
adessive hopealla hopeilla
ablative hopealta hopeilta
allative hopealle hopeille
essive hopeana hopeina
translative hopeaksi hopeiksi
instructive hopein
abessive hopeatta hopeitta
comitative hopeine

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds

Idioms

  • puhuminen hopeaa, vaikeneminen kultaa

References

  1. "Suomen sanojen alkuperä"; 1992-2000; Erkki Itkonen; Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura; →ISBN
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