krapula
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
krapula
- A hangover caused by drinking too much alcohol
- Heräsin hirveässä krapulassa.
- I woke up with a horrible hangover.
- (by extension) Withdrawal symptoms caused by the wear-off of other intoxicants or medication
- (by extension, often followed by a specifying adjective) Repentance, contrition
- moraalinen krapula ― drinker's remorse (literally, “moral hangover”)
- Fyysisen krapulan lisäksi kärsin koko päivän moraalisesta krapulasta.
- In addition to physical hangover, I suffered all day from drinker's remorse.
Usage notes[edit]
In Finnish the word "krapula" and its derivatives refer exclusively to the state of hangover, whereas in English "crapula" refers more widely to the consequences of overdrinking and overeating.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of krapula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | krapula | krapulat | ||
genitive | krapulan | krapuloiden krapuloitten | ||
partitive | krapulaa | krapuloita | ||
illative | krapulaan | krapuloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | krapula | krapulat | ||
accusative | nom. | krapula | krapulat | |
gen. | krapulan | |||
genitive | krapulan | krapuloiden krapuloitten krapulainrare | ||
partitive | krapulaa | krapuloita | ||
inessive | krapulassa | krapuloissa | ||
elative | krapulasta | krapuloista | ||
illative | krapulaan | krapuloihin | ||
adessive | krapulalla | krapuloilla | ||
ablative | krapulalta | krapuloilta | ||
allative | krapulalle | krapuloille | ||
essive | krapulana | krapuloina | ||
translative | krapulaksi | krapuloiksi | ||
abessive | krapulatta | krapuloitta | ||
instructive | — | krapuloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading[edit]
- “krapula”, 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