hopea

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hopeda (compare Estonian hõbe), from earlier *šopeta, originally meaning "soft",[1] possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *samftijaz (“soft”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhopeɑ/, [ˈho̞pe̞ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -opeɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ho‧pe‧a

Noun

hopea

  1. (chemistry) silver (metallic element)
  2. (jewelry) silver (alloy of silver and copper which contains at least 83 % silver)
  3. (sports) silver (second prize)

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
Possessive forms of hopea (type korkea)
possessor singular plural
1st person hopeani hopeamme
2nd person hopeasi hopeanne
3rd person hopeansa

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
Possessive forms of hopea (type korkea)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person hopeani hopeamme
2nd person hopeasi hopeanne
3rd person hopeansa

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms

Compounds
compounds

Idioms
  • puhuminen hopeaa, vaikeneminen kultaa

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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