karhunpalvelus
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]karhun (“bear's”) + palvelus (“service”); possibly calque of German Bärendienst (“disservice”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɑrhunˌpɑlʋelus/, [ˈkɑ̝rhumˌpɑ̝lʋe̞lus̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑlʋelus
- Hyphenation(key): karhun‧palve‧lus
Noun
[edit]karhunpalvelus
- disservice (something intended as service, but which turns out to be detrimental)
- Antamalla nuorelle runsasta taskurahaa saatamme tehdä hänelle karhunpalveluksen - hän ei opi tekemään työtä rahan eteen.
- By giving a youngster lavish pocket money we may end up doing him a disservice - he does not learn to work for his money.
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “karhunpalvelus”, 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