haitta

See also: häittä

Finnish

Etymology

Uncertain, but proposed to be a Baltic loan (whence Lithuanian žaizda (“wound”)), or possibly from earlier *hagitta and then from Proto-Norse *hagiþō (*hagiþō), compare Swedish hejd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯tːɑ/, [ˈhɑi̯t̪ːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑitːɑ
• Syllabification: hait‧ta

Noun

haitta

1. disadvantage, hindrance, con

   hyödyt ja haitat ― pros and cons

   Synonym: haittapuoli

   Antonym: etu

2. tumbler (part of a lock)
3. damage, disservice, harm, trouble

   tehdä haittaa ― to do damage, do a disservice

Declension

Inflection of haitta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt-t gradation)
nominative		haitta	haitat
genitive		haitan	haittojen
partitive		haittaa	haittoja
illative		haittaan	haittoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		haitta	haitat
accusative	nom.	haitta	haitat
	gen.	haitan
genitive		haitan	haittojen haittainrare
partitive		haittaa	haittoja
inessive		haitassa	haitoissa
elative		haitasta	haitoista
illative		haittaan	haittoihin
adessive		haitalla	haitoilla
ablative		haitalta	haitoilta
allative		haitalle	haitoille
essive		haittana	haittoina
translative		haitaksi	haitoiksi
instructive		—	haitoin
abessive		haitatta	haitoitta
comitative		—	haittoineen

Possessive forms of haitta (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	haittani	haittamme
2nd person	haittasi	haittanne
3rd person	haittansa

Derived terms

• haitallinen
• haitata

Anagrams

• haitat, hitaat, tahtia, thaita

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Veps

Etymology

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Verb

haitta

1. to slur, to abuse

Inflection

Inflection
1st infinitive	haitta
present indic.	haitab
past indic.	haitoi
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	haitan	haitoin	—
2nd singular	haitad	haitoid	haita
3rd singular	haitab	haitoi	?
1st plural	haitam	haitoim	haitkam
2nd plural	haitat	haitoit	haitkat
3rd plural	haittas haitaba	haitoiba	?
sing. conneg.1	haita	haitand	haita
plur. conneg.	haitkoi	haitnugoi	haitkoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	haitaižin	haitnuižin	haitnen
2nd singular	haitaižid	haitnuižid	haitned
3rd singular	haitaiži	haitnuiži	haitneb
1st plural	haitaižim	haitnuižim	haitnem
2nd plural	haitaižit	haitnuižit	haitnet
3rd plural	haitaižiba	haitnuižiba	haitneba
connegative	haitaiži	haitnuiži	haitne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	haitta
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	haittes	inessive	haitmas
instructive	haitten	illative	haitmaha
participles		elative	haitmaspäi
present active	haitai	adessive	haitmal
past active	haitnu	abessive	haitmat
past passive	haittud

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “хулить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika