päin

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See also: pain, Pain, PAIN, and -päin

Finnish

Etymology

< pää

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæi̯n/, [ˈpæi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -æin
  • Syllabification(key): päin

Adverb

päin

  1. against, to, on etc. (indicating movement or direction straight towards something)
    Synonyms: kohden, vastaan, kohti
    Auto tuli suoraan minua päin.
    The car drove straight against me.
    Hän kääntyi minuun päin ja sanoi..
    He turned to me and said..
    törmätä päin puuta
    to crash against a tree
    ajaa päin punaisia
    to jump the reds (lit. "to drive against the reds")
    Sanoin sen hänelle suoraan päin naamaa.
    I said it to her right on her face.
  2. Used to indicate approximate direction or location; multiple translations into English are possible, may even be omitted if the direction is indicated in some other way in English. See the usage examples below.
    Tuulee mereltä päin.
    The wind blows from (the direction of) the sea.
    Jossakin päin Suomea.
    Somewhere in Finland.
    Jossain tuolla päin.
    Somewhere in that direction.
    Mistä päin Yhdysvaltoja olet kotoisin?
    Whereabouts in the United States are you from?
    Meillä päin tuollaisia ihmisiä kutsutaan poroiksi.
    Where I live that sort of people are called reindeer.
    Turussa päin ― somewhere near Turku
    Ikkuna on kadulle päin.
    The window is facing the street.
    Vastauksesi ei ole sinne päinkään.
    Your answer is not even close. (lit. "not even to that direction.")
    Lähden juuri ajamaan Helsinkiin päin.
    I'm just starting to drive towards Helsinki.
  3. towards, for (indicating the direction of change)
    Tämä on selvä muutos parempaan päin.
    This is a clear change for the better.
    Olemme menossa parempia aikoja päin.
    We are heading towards better times.
    Sairas on toipumaan päin.
    The patient is getting better. (lit. "The patient is towards healing.")
    Vaimo on pieniin päin
    My wife is expecting a baby. (lit. "My wife is towards little ones.")
  4. -wards, -ward, -about etc. (forms adverbs that indicate small movement towards a direction or imprecise location)
    ylöspäin ― upwards
    jälkeenpäin ― afterwards
    sielläpäin ― thereabout
    minnepäin ― into which direction
  5. way, sometimes side (indicating position, status etc.)
    Kummin päin tämä osa kuuluu?
    Which way does this part go back in?
    toisin päin ― the other way round
    miten päin tahansa ― whichever way
    oikein päin ― the right side up
    Asiat kääntyivät lopulta parhain päin.
    In the end the things turned out the best way possible.

Derived terms

Noun

päin

  1. instructive plural of pää
    verissä päin ― with one's head bleeding
    kasapäin ― heapmeal; in abundance

Ingrian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Instructive plural of pää (“head”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: päin

Preposition

päin (+ genitive)

  1. (of motion) towards

Postposition

päin (+ partitive)

  1. (of motion) towards

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

päin

  1. (Soikkola) Alternative spelling of päinnä

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 449
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[1], →ISBN, page 15
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