ahdas
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Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑhdɑs/, [ˈɑ̝xdɑ̝s̠]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑhdɑs
- Syllabification(key): ah‧das
- Hyphenation(key): ah‧das
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *ahtas, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *anśtas,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus.
Adjective
[edit]ahdas (comparative ahtaampi, superlative ahtain)
- tight, narrow, cramped (such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it; uncomfortably restricted in size)
- Kulkutie oli niin ahdas, että pääsimme hädin tuskin läpi.
- The passageway was so tight we could barely get through.
- Viisihenkinen perhe eli yhdessä ahtaassa huoneessa.
- A family of five lived in one cramped room.
- tight (fitting too close to the body)
- narrow (of little extent)
- cramped (overcrowded or congested)
- (figuratively) narrow, restrictive (of limited scope, bigoted)
- ahdas tulkinta ― a narrow interpretation
- ahdas näkökulma ― a narrow view
- (figuratively) cramped (uncomfortably restricted financially)
- Olen ollut aika ahtaalla viime aikoina.
- I have been quite cramped lately.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of ahdas (Kotus type 41*F/vieras, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ahdas | ahtaat | |
| genitive | ahtaan | ahtaiden ahtaitten | |
| partitive | ahdasta | ahtaita | |
| illative | ahtaaseen | ahtaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ahdas | ahtaat | |
| accusative | nom. | ahdas | ahtaat |
| gen. | ahtaan | ||
| genitive | ahtaan | ahtaiden ahtaitten ahdasten rare | |
| partitive | ahdasta | ahtaita | |
| inessive | ahtaassa | ahtaissa | |
| elative | ahtaasta | ahtaista | |
| illative | ahtaaseen | ahtaisiin ahtaihin rare | |
| adessive | ahtaalla | ahtailla | |
| ablative | ahtaalta | ahtailta | |
| allative | ahtaalle | ahtaille | |
| essive | ahtaana | ahtaina | |
| translative | ahtaaksi | ahtaiksi | |
| abessive | ahtaatta | ahtaitta | |
| instructive | — | ahtain | |
| comitative | — | ahtaine | |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ahdas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]ahdas
- second-person singular present imperative of ahtaa (with enclitic -s)
References
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- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑhdɑs
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑhdɑs/2 syllables
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Finnish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enǵʰ-
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Baltic
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish terms with collocations
- Finnish vieras-type nominals
- Finnish non-lemma forms
- Finnish verb forms