vaalea
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *vaalëda, from earlier *valeda (whence dialectal valea), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waĺɜ (see valo for more). Related to Ingrian vaalia, Karelian vualie and Votic vaalia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vaalea (comparative vaaleampi, superlative vaalein)
- light, pale (of a shade of colour)
- vaaleaksi maalattu talo ― a house painted with light shades
- vaaleanpunainen ― pink
- blond (of blond complexion), fair
Declension
[edit]Inflection of vaalea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | vaalea | vaaleat | |
genitive | vaalean | vaaleiden vaaleitten | |
partitive | vaaleaa vaaleata |
vaaleita | |
illative | vaaleaan | vaaleisiin vaaleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vaalea | vaaleat | |
accusative | nom. | vaalea | vaaleat |
gen. | vaalean | ||
genitive | vaalean | vaaleiden vaaleitten vaaleain rare | |
partitive | vaaleaa vaaleata |
vaaleita | |
inessive | vaaleassa | vaaleissa | |
elative | vaaleasta | vaaleista | |
illative | vaaleaan | vaaleisiin vaaleihin | |
adessive | vaalealla | vaaleilla | |
ablative | vaalealta | vaaleilta | |
allative | vaalealle | vaaleille | |
essive | vaaleana | vaaleina | |
translative | vaaleaksi | vaaleiksi | |
abessive | vaaleatta | vaaleitta | |
instructive | — | vaalein | |
comitative | — | vaaleine |
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- hunajanvaalea
- oljenvaalea
- platinanvaalea
- vaaleahiuksinen
- vaaleaihoinen
- vaaleakanahaukka
- vaaleakapusiini
- vaaleakeltaperhonen
- vaaleakultiainen
- vaalealahnanruoho
- vaaleanharmaa
- vaaleankeltainen
- vaaleanoranssi
- vaaleanpunainen
- vaaleanruskea
- vaaleansininen
- vaaleanvihreä
- vaaleaorakas
- vaaleapaahtoinen
- vaaleapohjainen
- vaaleapuumuura
- vaaleasara
- vaaleatukkainen
- vaaleatyviseitikki
- vaaleaverikkö
- vaaleaverinen
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vaalea”, 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 2023-07-04
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