Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *haiva-, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hawją (“hay”) (whence e.g. Swedish hö, English hay); modern form and meaning via contamination by haven (“hair”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯ʋen/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯ʋe̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑiʋen
- Syllabification(key): hai‧ven
- Hyphenation(key): hai‧ven
Noun
[edit]haiven
- A single, usually thin hair or fiber.
- Pojan parta ei vielä kasvanut kunnolla, leuassa näkyi vain muutamia valkoisia haivenia.
- The boy's beard did not grow properly yet, only a few white hairs were visible in the chin.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of haiven (Kotus type 32/sisar, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | haiven | haivenet | |
| genitive | haivenen | haivenien haiventen | |
| partitive | haiventa | haivenia | |
| illative | haiveneen | haiveniin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | haiven | haivenet | |
| accusative | nom. | haiven | haivenet |
| gen. | haivenen | ||
| genitive | haivenen | haivenien haiventen | |
| partitive | haiventa | haivenia | |
| inessive | haivenessa | haivenissa | |
| elative | haivenesta | haivenista | |
| illative | haiveneen | haiveniin | |
| adessive | haivenella | haivenilla | |
| ablative | haivenelta | haivenilta | |
| allative | haivenelle | haivenille | |
| essive | haivenena | haivenina | |
| translative | haiveneksi | haiveniksi | |
| abessive | haivenetta | haivenitta | |
| instructive | — | haivenin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “haiven”, 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
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