haiven
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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]
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) | ||||
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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. |
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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 2023-07-02