kaari
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kaari, from Proto-Uralic *këŋere. Cognate with Estonian kaar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑːri/, [ˈkɑ̝ːri]
- Rhymes: -ɑːri
- Syllabification(key): kaa‧ri
- Hyphenation(key): kaa‧ri
Noun
kaari
- curve
- bow (bend)
- (architecture) arch
- (geometry) arc
- (law) code, act (an especially broad legal statute; one of the nine parts of Swedish 1734 law)
- (biology, taxonomy) division, phylum
- (graph theory, network theory) edge (between two vertices)
- (nautical) rib of a boat or a ship
Usage notes
- (act, code): Originally, the name kaari was used in the names of the broad statutes of the Swedish 1734 law. Remnants of those acts still in force (though heavily amended) include e.g. oikeudenkäymiskaari 'Code of Judicial Procedure' (4/1734). Over time, it was superseded by the use of the name laki. The difference in names bears no significance as for their precedence, since both a kaari and a laki are at the same level in the statutory hierarchy: they are inferior to the perustuslaki (“Constitution”), superior to an asetus (“decree; executive order”), and they are both passed and issued by the Parliament within one Parliamentary term. The name kaari is, however, intentionally given to an act in order to connote that the act concerns an exceptionally large part of human life, e.g. tietoyhteiskuntakaari (“Information Society Code (917/2014): an act on radio, TV, Internet etc. electronic communication services, and on privacy in the use thereof”).
Declension
| Inflection of kaari (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaari | kaaret | |
| genitive | kaaren | kaarten kaarien | |
| partitive | kaarta | kaaria | |
| illative | kaareen | kaariin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaari | kaaret | |
| accusative | nom. | kaari | kaaret |
| gen. | kaaren | ||
| genitive | kaaren | kaarten kaarien | |
| partitive | kaarta | kaaria | |
| inessive | kaaressa | kaarissa | |
| elative | kaaresta | kaarista | |
| illative | kaareen | kaariin | |
| adessive | kaarella | kaarilla | |
| ablative | kaarelta | kaarilta | |
| allative | kaarelle | kaarille | |
| essive | kaarena | kaarina | |
| translative | kaareksi | kaariksi | |
| abessive | kaaretta | kaaritta | |
| instructive | — | kaarin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
adjectives
compounds
- aivokaari
- amorinkaari
- aortankaari
- elinkaari
- elämänkaari
- halokaari
- heijastekaari
- hevosenkenkäkaari
- holvikaari
- holvikaarinen
- jousenkaari
- kaariaste
- kaariaura
- kaaridyyni
- kaarihitsaus
- kaariholvi
- kaari-ikkuna
- kaarijousi
- kaarikatto
- kaarikäytävä
- kaarilamppu
- kaarilaukaus
- kaarililja
- kaarimalja
- kaariminuutti
- kaarimonninen
- kaariovi
- kaaripallo
- kaariportti
- kaaripuu
- kaaripyssy
- kaarisaha
- kaarisekunti
- kaarisilta
- kaarisolki
- kaarisulje
- kaarisulku
- kaarituki
- kaarituli
- kaariviiva
- kaariviivain
- kauppakaari
- kehityskaari
- keihäskaari
- keihäänkaari
- kiduskaari
- kilpikaari
- korikaari
- leuankaari
- liipaisinkaari
- maakaari
- moukarikaari
- moukarinkaari
- oikeudenkäymiskaari
- paraabelikaari
- perintökaari
- puolikaari
- pyöreäkaarinen
- pyörökaari
- refleksikaari
- riemukaari
- saarikaari
- sateenkaari
- segmenttikaari
- sidekaari
- silankaari
- sillankaari
- suippokaari
- sumukaari
- tukikaari
- turvakaari
- ukonkaari
- valokaari
- viuhkakaari (“multifoil arch, foliated arch”)
- vyökaari
- yhdyskaari
- ympyränkaari
Further reading
- “kaari”, 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 2 July 2023
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kaari. Cognates include Finnish kaari and Estonian kaar.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːri/, [ˈkɑːrʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːri/, [ˈkɑːri]
- Rhymes: -ɑːrʲ, -ɑːri
- Hyphenation: kaa‧ri
Noun
kaari
- (in compounds) bow
Declension
| Declension of kaari (type 5/lehti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kaari | kaaret |
| genitive | kaaren | kaariin, kaariloin |
| partitive | kaaria | kaarija, kaariloja |
| illative | kaaree | kaarii, kaariloihe |
| inessive | kaarees | kaariis, kaarilois |
| elative | kaarest | kaarist, kaariloist |
| allative | kaarelle | kaarille, kaariloille |
| adessive | kaareel | kaariil, kaariloil |
| ablative | kaarelt | kaarilt, kaariloilt |
| translative | kaareks | kaariks, kaariloiks |
| essive | kaarenna, kaareen | kaarinna, kaariloinna, kaariin, kaariloin |
| exessive1) | kaarent | kaarint, kaariloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kaari.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːri/, [ˈkɑːrʲi]
- Rhymes: -ɑːri
- Hyphenation: kaa‧ri
Noun
kaari
- bow (of a ship)
Inflection
| Declension of kaari (type X/tuli, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kaari, kaar | kaarõd |
| genitive | kaarõ | kaarijõ, kaarii |
| partitive | kaartõ | kaariitõ, kaarii |
| illative | kaarõ, kaarõsõ | kaariisõ |
| inessive | kaarõz | kaariiz |
| elative | kaarõssõ | kaariissõ |
| allative | kaarõlõ | kaariilõ |
| adessive | kaarõllõ | kaariillõ |
| ablative | kaarõltõ | kaariiltõ |
| translative | kaarõssi | kaariissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kaari”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn