köyhä
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *keühä, likely borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]köyhä (comparative köyhempi, superlative köyhin)
- poor (with few or no possessions or money)
- poor, deficient, insufficient
- Synonyms: puutteellinen, vajavainen, niukka
- Antonyms: rikas, riittävä, runsas
- köyhä multa ― poor soil
- (figuratively) hollow, dry, dull, lacking substance
Declension
[edit]Inflection of köyhä (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | köyhä | köyhät | |
genitive | köyhän | köyhien | |
partitive | köyhää | köyhiä | |
illative | köyhään | köyhiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | köyhä | köyhät | |
accusative | nom. | köyhä | köyhät |
gen. | köyhän | ||
genitive | köyhän | köyhien köyhäin rare | |
partitive | köyhää | köyhiä | |
inessive | köyhässä | köyhissä | |
elative | köyhästä | köyhistä | |
illative | köyhään | köyhiin | |
adessive | köyhällä | köyhillä | |
ablative | köyhältä | köyhiltä | |
allative | köyhälle | köyhille | |
essive | köyhänä | köyhinä | |
translative | köyhäksi | köyhiksi | |
abessive | köyhättä | köyhittä | |
instructive | — | köyhin | |
comitative | — | köyhine |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
idioms
- köyhä kuin kirkon rotta (poor as a church mouse)
Noun
[edit]köyhä
- poor person, person in poverty; (in the plural) the poor
- Köyhät teillä on aina keskuudessanne... (Matt 26:11)
- The poor you will always have with you... (Matthew 26:11)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of köyhä (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | köyhä | köyhät | |
genitive | köyhän | köyhien | |
partitive | köyhää | köyhiä | |
illative | köyhään | köyhiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | köyhä | köyhät | |
accusative | nom. | köyhä | köyhät |
gen. | köyhän | ||
genitive | köyhän | köyhien köyhäin rare | |
partitive | köyhää | köyhiä | |
inessive | köyhässä | köyhissä | |
elative | köyhästä | köyhistä | |
illative | köyhään | köyhiin | |
adessive | köyhällä | köyhillä | |
ablative | köyhältä | köyhiltä | |
allative | köyhälle | köyhille | |
essive | köyhänä | köyhinä | |
translative | köyhäksi | köyhiksi | |
abessive | köyhättä | köyhittä | |
instructive | — | köyhin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
[edit]- “köyhä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *keühä. Cognates include Finnish köyhä and Estonian kehv.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkøy̯hæ/, [ˈkø̞y̯h]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkøy̯hæ/, [ˈkø̞y̯hæ]
- Rhymes: -øy̯h, -øy̯hæ
- Hyphenation: köy‧hä
Adjective
[edit]köyhä (comparative köyhemp)
Declension
[edit]Declension of köyhä (type 3/koira, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | köyhä | köyhät |
genitive | köyhän | köyhiin |
partitive | köyhää | köyhiä |
illative | köyhää | köyhii |
inessive | köyhääs | köyhiis |
elative | köyhäst | köyhist |
allative | köyhälle | köyhille |
adessive | köyhääl | köyhiil |
ablative | köyhält | köyhilt |
translative | köyhäks | köyhiks |
essive | köyhännä, köyhään | köyhinnä, köyhiin |
exessive1) | köyhänt | köyhint |
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. |
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- (diminutive) köyhykkäin
Descendants
[edit]- → Votic: köühe
References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 240
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