kirpeä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *kirpedä, derived from a root borrowed from Baltic (compare Lithuanian kirpti); according to EVE, the adjective may be a back-formation from the now dialectal verb kirventää, which would derive from Baltic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkirpeæ/, [ˈk̟irpe̞æ] Rhymes: -irpeæ Syllabification(key): kir‧pe‧ä Hyphenation(key): kir‧peä === Adjective === kirpeä (comparative kirpeämpi, superlative kirpein) tart, tangy (sharp to the taste) crisp (of air, weather, etc.: cool and dry) garish, gaudy (so bright it is hard to look at) Synonym: räikeä (figuratively) pungent, acerbic, stinging, biting (e.g. of criticism) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “kirpeä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (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 === kiperä