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hapatus
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
hapatus
- fermenting, culturing (the process of preparing food or a dough by acid fermentation)
- (dated) leaven (a culture used to ferment food)
- Synonym: hapate
- (biblical, figurative) leaven (corrupting influence, as in Mark 8 and 1 Corinthians 5; colloquially also of something dubious or unwholesome)
- Marian palvontaa ja muuta paavillista hapatusta.
- Worship of Mary and other popery.
- Isän mielestä jooga on epätieteellistä hapatusta.
- Dad thinks yoga is unscientific bunk.
- 1933/1938, Pyhä Raamattu [The Holy Bible], Helsinki: Suomen Pipliaseura, Paavalin ensimmäinen kirje korinttolaisille (1 Corinthians) 5:6:
- Ettekö tiedä, että vähäinen hapatus hapattaa koko taikinan?
- Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
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Further reading
- “hapatus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
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