hiiva
Finnish
Etymology
Unclear; possibly either a Baltic loan (compare Lithuanian šývas (“light gray”)), possibly from Proto-Uralic *čiŋa (“foam”) (compare Erzya [script needed] (čov), Mari), or from Germanic (compare German Hefe (“yeast”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
hiiva
Declension
Inflection of hiiva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hiiva | hiivat | ||
genitive | hiivan | hiivojen | ||
partitive | hiivaa | hiivoja | ||
illative | hiivaan | hiivoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hiiva | hiivat | ||
accusative | nom. | hiiva | hiivat | |
gen. | hiivan | |||
genitive | hiivan | hiivojen hiivain rare | ||
partitive | hiivaa | hiivoja | ||
inessive | hiivassa | hiivoissa | ||
elative | hiivasta | hiivoista | ||
illative | hiivaan | hiivoihin | ||
adessive | hiivalla | hiivoilla | ||
ablative | hiivalta | hiivoilta | ||
allative | hiivalle | hiivoille | ||
essive | hiivana | hiivoina | ||
translative | hiivaksi | hiivoiksi | ||
abessive | hiivatta | hiivoitta | ||
instructive | — | hiivoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds
Categories:
- Finnish terms with unknown etymologies
- Finnish terms derived from Baltic languages
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Uralic
- Finnish terms derived from Germanic languages
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iːʋɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/iːʋɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Fungi