katkera
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kackëra, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kačka-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]katkera (comparative katkerampi, superlative katkerin)
- bitter, resentful (of a person: feeling bitterness or having a bitter temperament; of events: leaving someone feeling bitter)
- bitter, acrid (having a bitter taste)
- Synonym: karvas
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of katkera (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | katkera | katkerat | |
| genitive | katkeran | katkerien | |
| partitive | katkeraa | katkeria | |
| illative | katkeraan | katkeriin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | katkera | katkerat | |
| accusative | nom. | katkera | katkerat |
| gen. | katkeran | ||
| genitive | katkeran | katkerien katkerain rare | |
| partitive | katkeraa | katkeria | |
| inessive | katkerassa | katkerissa | |
| elative | katkerasta | katkerista | |
| illative | katkeraan | katkeriin | |
| adessive | katkeralla | katkerilla | |
| ablative | katkeralta | katkerilta | |
| allative | katkeralle | katkerille | |
| essive | katkerana | katkerina | |
| translative | katkeraksi | katkeriksi | |
| abessive | katkeratta | katkeritta | |
| instructive | — | katkerin | |
| comitative | — | katkerine | |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “katkera”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02