Finnish
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Etymology
[edit]The meaning "wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)" appears to be the original. Further etymology unknown, but perhaps related in some way to Estonian maran (“Potentilla”), Võro maran (“Potentilla, Galium”), Votic marana (“Potentilla?”) (Kattila), all from Russian марена (marena, “madder, Rubia”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmɑrunɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝runɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑrunɑ
- Syllabification(key): ma‧ru‧na
- Hyphenation(key): ma‧ru‧na
Noun
[edit]maruna
- (in the plural) Artemisia (genus in the plant family Asteraceae)
- artemisia, mugwort, sagebrush, wormwood (plant in that genus)
- (dialectal, Southwest Finnish, obsolete) absinthe, wormwood, grande wormwood, Artemisia absinthium
Usage notes
[edit]| Dialectal distribution of maruna (“wormwood, Artemisia absinthium”) | |
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The classification of and data for regional dialects is based on pre-1950s data. Since the 1950s, the dialects have become increasingly mixed, levelled and influenced by Standard Finnish. Besides Standard Finnish, a relatively uniform and originally urban 'colloquial Finnish' is beginning to emerge in their place, especially in the cities. Source: Suomen murteiden sanakirja by Kotimaisten kielten keskus (CC BY 4.0); see the information for the background image for its sources and licensing | |
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of maruna (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | maruna | marunat | |
| genitive | marunan | marunien marunoiden marunoitten | |
| partitive | marunaa | marunia marunoita | |
| illative | marunaan | maruniin marunoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | maruna | marunat | |
| accusative | nom. | maruna | marunat |
| gen. | marunan | ||
| genitive | marunan | marunien marunoiden marunoitten marunojenrare marunainrare | |
| partitive | marunaa | marunia marunoita marunojarare | |
| inessive | marunassa | marunoissa marunissa | |
| elative | marunasta | marunoista marunista | |
| illative | marunaan | maruniin marunoihin | |
| adessive | marunalla | marunoilla marunilla | |
| ablative | marunalta | marunoilta marunilta | |
| allative | marunalle | marunoille marunille | |
| essive | marunana | marunoina marunina | |
| translative | marunaksi | marunoiksi maruniksi | |
| abessive | marunatta | marunoitta marunitta | |
| instructive | — | marunoin marunin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “maruna”, 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 3 July 2023