velho
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *vëlho, borrowed from Old East Slavic вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭ).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]velho
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of velho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | velho | velhot | |
| genitive | velhon | velhojen | |
| partitive | velhoa | velhoja | |
| illative | velhoon | velhoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | velho | velhot | |
| accusative | nom. | velho | velhot |
| gen. | velhon | ||
| genitive | velhon | velhojen | |
| partitive | velhoa | velhoja | |
| inessive | velhossa | velhoissa | |
| elative | velhosta | velhoista | |
| illative | velhoon | velhoihin | |
| adessive | velholla | velhoilla | |
| ablative | velholta | velhoilta | |
| allative | velholle | velhoille | |
| essive | velhona | velhoina | |
| translative | velhoksi | velhoiksi | |
| abessive | velhotta | velhoitta | |
| instructive | — | velhoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “velho”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Galician
[edit]Adjective
[edit]velho (feminine velha, masculine plural velhos, feminine plural velhas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of vello
Noun
[edit]velho m (plural velhos, feminine velha, feminine plural velhas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of vello
Further reading
[edit]- “velho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]- véio, véi (Brazil, eye dialect)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.
Pronunciation
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- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.ju/
Audio (Portugal): (file) Audio (Brazil): (file) Audio (Northern Portugal): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʎu
- Hyphenation: ve‧lho
Adjective
[edit]velho (feminine velha, masculine plural velhos, feminine plural velhas, comparable, comparative mais velho, superlative o mais velho or velhíssimo, diminutive velhinho, augmentative velhão)
- old; ancient (having existed for a long period of time)
- (of a living being) old; aged (having lived for most of the expected years)
- Synonym: idoso
- Pararei de trabalhar depois de ficar velho.
- I will stop working after I become old.
- (of an object) old (that has been used for a considerable period of time)
- Li um livro tão velho que as páginas ficavam caindo.
- I read a book so old that the pages kept falling out.
- old (obsolete or out-of-date)
- Synonyms: obsoleto, ultrapassado, arcaico, antiquado, vetusto
- Essa teoria já está velha.
- That theory is already obsolete.
Usage notes
[edit]- Velho may be considered slightly offensive, especially when referring to people.
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “ancient”): novo, recente
- (antonym(s) of “old-aged”): novo, jovem, moço
- (antonym(s) of “used for a considerable period of time”): novo
- (antonym(s) of “obsolete”): novo, recente
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]velho m (plural velhos, feminine velha, feminine plural velhas)
- (sometimes offensive) an old person
- (slang) father
- (endearing) husband, especially a middle-aged or elderly one
- (slang, Brazil) an informal form of address for males of any age; bro
Derived terms
[edit]- arco da velha
- jogo da velha
- velhaco
- velhão (augmentative)
- velhinho (diminutive), velhote (diminutive), velhozinho (diminutive)
- velhíssimo (superlative)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Interjection
[edit]velho!
Further reading
[edit]- “velho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “velho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “velho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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- Finnish terms derived from Old East Slavic
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- Rhymes:Finnish/elho
- Rhymes:Finnish/elho/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
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- Finnish valo-type nominals
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- Galician reintegrationist forms
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