musertaa

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]; compare Estonian muserdama, Ludian mutšurdada. Possibly originally sound-symbolic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmusertɑːˣ/, [ˈmus̠e̞rt̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -usertɑː
• Syllabification^(key): mu‧ser‧taa

Verb

musertaa

1. (transitive) To crush.
2. (transitive, figurative) To overwhelm, daunt.

Conjugation

Inflection of musertaa (Kotus type 54*K/huutaa, rt-rr gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		muserran	en muserra	1st sing.	olen musertanut	en ole musertanut
2nd sing.		muserrat	et muserra	2nd sing.	olet musertanut	et ole musertanut
3rd sing.		musertaa	ei muserra	3rd sing.	on musertanut	ei ole musertanut
1st plur.		muserramme	emme muserra	1st plur.	olemme musertaneet	emme ole musertaneet
2nd plur.		muserratte	ette muserra	2nd plur.	olette musertaneet	ette ole musertaneet
3rd plur.		musertavat	eivät muserra	3rd plur.	ovat musertaneet	eivät ole musertaneet
passive		muserretaan	ei muserreta	passive	on muserrettu	ei ole muserrettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		musersin	en musertanut	1st sing.	olin musertanut	en ollut musertanut
2nd sing.		musersit	et musertanut	2nd sing.	olit musertanut	et ollut musertanut
3rd sing.		musersi	ei musertanut	3rd sing.	oli musertanut	ei ollut musertanut
1st plur.		musersimme	emme musertaneet	1st plur.	olimme musertaneet	emme olleet musertaneet
2nd plur.		musersitte	ette musertaneet	2nd plur.	olitte musertaneet	ette olleet musertaneet
3rd plur.		musersivat	eivät musertaneet	3rd plur.	olivat musertaneet	eivät olleet musertaneet
passive		muserrettiin	ei muserrettu	passive	oli muserrettu	ei ollut muserrettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		musertaisin	en musertaisi	1st sing.	olisin musertanut	en olisi musertanut
2nd sing.		musertaisit	et musertaisi	2nd sing.	olisit musertanut	et olisi musertanut
3rd sing.		musertaisi	ei musertaisi	3rd sing.	olisi musertanut	ei olisi musertanut
1st plur.		musertaisimme	emme musertaisi	1st plur.	olisimme musertaneet	emme olisi musertaneet
2nd plur.		musertaisitte	ette musertaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte musertaneet	ette olisi musertaneet
3rd plur.		musertaisivat	eivät musertaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat musertaneet	eivät olisi musertaneet
passive		muserrettaisiin	ei muserrettaisi	passive	olisi muserrettu	ei olisi muserrettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		muserra	älä muserra	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		musertakoon	älköön musertako	3rd sing.	olkoon musertanut	älköön olko musertanut
1st plur.		musertakaamme	älkäämme musertako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		musertakaa	älkää musertako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		musertakoot	älkööt musertako	3rd plur.	olkoot musertaneet	älkööt olko musertaneet
passive		muserrettakoon	älköön muserrettako	passive	olkoon muserrettu	älköön olko muserrettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		musertanen	en musertane	1st sing.	lienen musertanut	en liene musertanut
2nd sing.		musertanet	et musertane	2nd sing.	lienet musertanut	et liene musertanut
3rd sing.		musertanee	ei musertane	3rd sing.	lienee musertanut	ei liene musertanut
1st plur.		musertanemme	emme musertane	1st plur.	lienemme musertaneet	emme liene musertaneet
2nd plur.		musertanette	ette musertane	2nd plur.	lienette musertaneet	ette liene musertaneet
3rd plur.		musertanevat	eivät musertane	3rd plur.	lienevät musertaneet	eivät liene musertaneet
passive		muserrettaneen	ei muserrettane	passive	lienee muserrettu	ei liene muserrettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		musertaa		present	musertava	muserrettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st musertaakseni musertaaksemme 2nd musertaaksesi musertaaksenne 3rd musertaakseen musertaaksensa		past	musertanut	muserrettu
2nd	inessive2	musertaessa	muserrettaessa	agent3	musertama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st musertaessani musertaessamme 2nd musertaessasi musertaessanne 3rd musertaessaan musertaessansa		negative	musertamaton
	instructive	musertaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. 4) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). * The third-person singular indicative form musertaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	musertamassa	—
	elative	musertamasta	—
	illative	musertamaan	—
	adessive	musertamalla	—
	abessive	musertamatta	—
	instructive	musertaman	muserrettaman
4th4	verbal noun	musertaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st musertamaisillani musertamaisillamme 2nd musertamaisillasi musertamaisillanne 3rd musertamaisillaan musertamaisillansa

Derived terms

• muserrella
• muserrus
• musertava
• musertua

 

Further reading

• “musertaa”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmusertɑː/, [ˈmus̠e̞rt̪ɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -usertɑː
• Syllabification^(key): mu‧ser‧taa

Verb

musertaa

1. third-person singular present indicative of musertaa