tervehys

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tervehüc, equivalent to terveh- (“healthy”) +‎ -ys. Cognates include Finnish terveys and Estonian tervis.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈterʋehys/, [ˈte̞rʋəhy̆z̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈterʋehys/, [ˈte̞rʋe̞hyʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -erʋehys
• Hyphenation: ter‧ve‧hys

Noun

tervehys (uncountable)

1. health
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 65:

     Jos möö saamma tiitää kuin ono laatihunt meijen ruume, ni siis arvaamma, kuin pittää hoitaa ommaa tervehyttä ja kuin hyväst organisoittaa meijen töö.

     If we can know how our body is composed, then we'll understand how we need to care for our own health and how to organise our work well.

Declension

Declension of tervehys (type 2/oikehus, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	tervehys	—
genitive	tervehyen	—
partitive	tervehyttä	—
illative	tervehyee	—
inessive	tervehyes	—
elative	tervehyest	—
allative	tervehyelle	—
adessive	tervehyel	—
ablative	tervehyelt	—
translative	tervehyeks	—
essive	tervehyennä, tervehyeen	—
exessive1)	tervehyent	—
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 583

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tervehüc. Equivalent to terveh +‎ -us.

Noun

tervehys (genitive tervehyön, partitive tervehytty)

1. health