sulattaa

Finnish

Etymology

• causative aspect of the verb sulaa (“to melt, thaw”) < sula (“liquid, molten, fee from ice”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑtːɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠ulɑ̝t̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: su‧lat‧taa

Verb

sulattaa (transitive)

1. to melt (to cause something to melt)
2. to smelt (to produce metal from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
3. to thaw, defrost
4. to digest (to separate food in the alimentary canal)
5. (by extension) to digest (to think over and arrange methodically in the mind)
6. (by extension) to put up with, tolerate (to suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying)

   Tuollaista englantia minä en sulata.

   This is the sort of English up with which I will not put. (quote often attributed to Winston Churchill)

Conjugation

Inflection of sulattaa (Kotus type 53*C/muistaa, tt-t gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sulatan	en sulata	1st sing.	olen sulattanut	en ole sulattanut
2nd sing.		sulatat	et sulata	2nd sing.	olet sulattanut	et ole sulattanut
3rd sing.		sulattaa	ei sulata	3rd sing.	on sulattanut	ei ole sulattanut
1st plur.		sulatamme	emme sulata	1st plur.	olemme sulattaneet	emme ole sulattaneet
2nd plur.		sulatatte	ette sulata	2nd plur.	olette sulattaneet	ette ole sulattaneet
3rd plur.		sulattavat	eivät sulata	3rd plur.	ovat sulattaneet	eivät ole sulattaneet
passive		sulatetaan	ei sulateta	passive	on sulatettu	ei ole sulatettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sulatin	en sulattanut	1st sing.	olin sulattanut	en ollut sulattanut
2nd sing.		sulatit	et sulattanut	2nd sing.	olit sulattanut	et ollut sulattanut
3rd sing.		sulatti	ei sulattanut	3rd sing.	oli sulattanut	ei ollut sulattanut
1st plur.		sulatimme	emme sulattaneet	1st plur.	olimme sulattaneet	emme olleet sulattaneet
2nd plur.		sulatitte	ette sulattaneet	2nd plur.	olitte sulattaneet	ette olleet sulattaneet
3rd plur.		sulattivat	eivät sulattaneet	3rd plur.	olivat sulattaneet	eivät olleet sulattaneet
passive		sulatettiin	ei sulatettu	passive	oli sulatettu	ei ollut sulatettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sulattaisin	en sulattaisi	1st sing.	olisin sulattanut	en olisi sulattanut
2nd sing.		sulattaisit	et sulattaisi	2nd sing.	olisit sulattanut	et olisi sulattanut
3rd sing.		sulattaisi	ei sulattaisi	3rd sing.	olisi sulattanut	ei olisi sulattanut
1st plur.		sulattaisimme	emme sulattaisi	1st plur.	olisimme sulattaneet	emme olisi sulattaneet
2nd plur.		sulattaisitte	ette sulattaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte sulattaneet	ette olisi sulattaneet
3rd plur.		sulattaisivat	eivät sulattaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat sulattaneet	eivät olisi sulattaneet
passive		sulatettaisiin	ei sulatettaisi	passive	olisi sulatettu	ei olisi sulatettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		sulata	älä sulata	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		sulattakoon	älköön sulattako	3rd sing.	olkoon sulattanut	älköön olko sulattanut
1st plur.		sulattakaamme	älkäämme sulattako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		sulattakaa	älkää sulattako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		sulattakoot	älkööt sulattako	3rd plur.	olkoot sulattaneet	älkööt olko sulattaneet
passive		sulatettakoon	älköön sulatettako	passive	olkoon sulatettu	älköön olko sulatettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sulattanen	en sulattane	1st sing.	lienen sulattanut	en liene sulattanut
2nd sing.		sulattanet	et sulattane	2nd sing.	lienet sulattanut	et liene sulattanut
3rd sing.		sulattanee	ei sulattane	3rd sing.	lienee sulattanut	ei liene sulattanut
1st plur.		sulattanemme	emme sulattane	1st plur.	lienemme sulattaneet	emme liene sulattaneet
2nd plur.		sulattanette	ette sulattane	2nd plur.	lienette sulattaneet	ette liene sulattaneet
3rd plur.		sulattanevat	eivät sulattane	3rd plur.	lienevät sulattaneet	eivät liene sulattaneet
passive		sulatettaneen	ei sulatettane	passive	lienee sulatettu	ei liene sulatettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		sulattaa		present	sulattava	sulatettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sulattaakseni sulattaaksemme 2nd sulattaaksesi sulattaaksenne 3rd sulattaakseen sulattaaksensa		past	sulattanut	sulatettu
2nd	inessive2	sulattaessa	sulatettaessa	agent3	sulattama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sulattaessani sulattaessamme 2nd sulattaessasi sulattaessanne 3rd sulattaessaan sulattaessansa		negative	sulattamaton
	instructive	sulattaen	—	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 sulattaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	sulattamassa	—
	elative	sulattamasta	—
	illative	sulattamaan	—
	adessive	sulattamalla	—
	abessive	sulattamatta	—
	instructive	sulattaman	sulatettaman
4th4	verbal noun	sulattaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sulattamaisillani sulattamaisillamme 2nd sulattamaisillasi sulattamaisillanne 3rd sulattamaisillaan sulattamaisillansa

Anagrams

• lautasta