haista

See also: häistä and haišta

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *haistak. Related to Estonian haistma, Ingrian haissa (“to stink, to smell”), Livvi haižuo (“to stink”), Veps haišta and Votic aizõa (“to stink, to smell”). Probably ultimately derived from Proto-Finnic *haja- (whence haja- and haju (“smell”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯stɑˣ/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑistɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hais‧ta

Verb

haista

1. (intransitive) to smell, to have a smell/scent/odor (+ ablative/allative); to stink

   Nämä kukat haisevat hyviltä.

   These flowers smell good.

   Hyi, miten tämä huone haisee (pahalta)!

   Yuck, this room stinks!

2. (figuratively) to smell like, stink, reek of

   Täällä haisee raha.

   This place reeks of money.

Usage notes

The word tuoksu (“smell”) and its derivatives are often associated with pleasant odors and haju (“smell”) with unpleasant ones, but the distinction is not clear-cut. There is also löyhkä (“stench”) which is always unpleasant.

Conjugation

Inflection of haista (Kotus type 66/rohkaista, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		haisen	en haise	1st sing.	olen haissut	en ole haissut
2nd sing.		haiset	et haise	2nd sing.	olet haissut	et ole haissut
3rd sing.		haisee	ei haise	3rd sing.	on haissut	ei ole haissut
1st plur.		haisemme	emme haise	1st plur.	olemme haisseet	emme ole haisseet
2nd plur.		haisette	ette haise	2nd plur.	olette haisseet	ette ole haisseet
3rd plur.		haisevat	eivät haise	3rd plur.	ovat haisseet	eivät ole haisseet
passive		haistaan	ei haista	passive	on haistu	ei ole haistu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		haisin	en haissut	1st sing.	olin haissut	en ollut haissut
2nd sing.		haisit	et haissut	2nd sing.	olit haissut	et ollut haissut
3rd sing.		haisi	ei haissut	3rd sing.	oli haissut	ei ollut haissut
1st plur.		haisimme	emme haisseet	1st plur.	olimme haisseet	emme olleet haisseet
2nd plur.		haisitte	ette haisseet	2nd plur.	olitte haisseet	ette olleet haisseet
3rd plur.		haisivat	eivät haisseet	3rd plur.	olivat haisseet	eivät olleet haisseet
passive		haistiin	ei haistu	passive	oli haistu	ei ollut haistu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		haisisin	en haisisi	1st sing.	olisin haissut	en olisi haissut
2nd sing.		haisisit	et haisisi	2nd sing.	olisit haissut	et olisi haissut
3rd sing.		haisisi	ei haisisi	3rd sing.	olisi haissut	ei olisi haissut
1st plur.		haisisimme	emme haisisi	1st plur.	olisimme haisseet	emme olisi haisseet
2nd plur.		haisisitte	ette haisisi	2nd plur.	olisitte haisseet	ette olisi haisseet
3rd plur.		haisisivat	eivät haisisi	3rd plur.	olisivat haisseet	eivät olisi haisseet
passive		haistaisiin	ei haistaisi	passive	olisi haistu	ei olisi haistu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		haise	älä haise	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		haiskoon	älköön haisko	3rd sing.	olkoon haissut	älköön olko haissut
1st plur.		haiskaamme	älkäämme haisko	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		haiskaa	älkää haisko	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		haiskoot	älkööt haisko	3rd plur.	olkoot haisseet	älkööt olko haisseet
passive		haistakoon	älköön haistako	passive	olkoon haistu	älköön olko haistu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		haissen	en haisse	1st sing.	lienen haissut	en liene haissut
2nd sing.		haisset	et haisse	2nd sing.	lienet haissut	et liene haissut
3rd sing.		haissee	ei haisse	3rd sing.	lienee haissut	ei liene haissut
1st plur.		haissemme	emme haisse	1st plur.	lienemme haisseet	emme liene haisseet
2nd plur.		haissette	ette haisse	2nd plur.	lienette haisseet	ette liene haisseet
3rd plur.		haissevat	eivät haisse	3rd plur.	lienevät haisseet	eivät liene haisseet
passive		haistaneen	ei haistane	passive	lienee haistu	ei liene haistu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		haista		present	haiseva	haistava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st haistakseni haistaksemme 2nd haistaksesi haistaksenne 3rd haistakseen haistaksensa		past	haissut	haistu
2nd	inessive2	haistessa	haistaessa	agent3	haisema
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st haistessani haistessamme 2nd haistessasi haistessanne 3rd haistessaan haistessansa		negative	haisematon
	instructive	haisten	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. 4) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).
3rd	inessive	haisemassa	—
	elative	haisemasta	—
	illative	haisemaan	—
	adessive	haisemalla	—
	abessive	haisematta	—
	instructive	haiseman	haistaman
4th4	verbal noun	haiseminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st haisemaisillani haisemaisillamme 2nd haisemaisillasi haisemaisillanne 3rd haisemaisillaan haisemaisillansa

Synonyms

• (to smell, have a smell): tuoksua

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "to stink, smell bad"): tuoksua

Derived terms

adjectives

• haiseva

 

nouns

• haiseminen
• haisti
• haisu
• haisuli

 

verbs

• haiskahtaa
• haistaa

 

See also

• haisu
• haaska (“carcass”)

Further reading

• “haista”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯stɑˣ/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑistɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hais‧ta

Verb

haista

1. inflection of haistaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯stɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑistɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hais‧ta

Noun

haista

1. elative singular/plural of hai

Anagrams

• hitsaa, sihtaa