haiven

Finnish

Etymology

From a Germanic language, compare Proto-Germanic *hawją (“hay”) (whence e.g. Swedish hö, English hay). The meaning has possibly been influenced by haven (“hair”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯ʋen/, [ˈhɑi̯ʋe̞n]
  • Hyphenation: hai‧ven

Noun

haiven

  1. A single, usually thin hair or fiber.
    Pojan parta ei vielä kasvanut kunnolla, leuassa näkyi vain muutamia valkoisia haivenia.
    The boy's beard did not grow properly yet, only a few white hairs were visible in the chin.

Declension
Inflection of haiven (Kotus type 32/sisar, no gradation)
nominative haiven haivenet
genitive haivenen haivenien
haiventen
partitive haiventa haivenia
illative haiveneen haiveniin
singular plural
nominative haiven haivenet
accusative nom. haiven haivenet
gen. haivenen
genitive haivenen haivenien
haiventen
partitive haiventa haivenia
inessive haivenessa haivenissa
elative haivenesta haivenista
illative haiveneen haiveniin
adessive haivenella haivenilla
ablative haivenelta haivenilta
allative haivenelle haivenille
essive haivenena haivenina
translative haiveneksi haiveniksi
instructive — haivenin
abessive haivenetta haivenitta
comitative — haivenineen

Synonyms

See also

References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish etymological dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
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