pyhä

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pühä, from Proto-Finno-Permic *pišä. Alternatively possibly from a Germanic language, compare Proto-Germanic *wīhaz (“sacred, holy”), German weihen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpyhæ/, [ˈpyɦæ]
  • Hyphenation: py‧hä

Adjective

pyhä (comparative pyhempi, superlative pyhin)

  1. holy, sacred
    pyhä sota = holy war
    pyhät kirjoitukset = sacred writings, Holy Writ
  2. when capitalized, Saint
    Pyhä Yrjö = Saint George
  3. when used as modifier in compound term (pyhä-), Sunday, dominical, Sunday-go-to-meeting, holy etc.
  4. taboo, border
    Pyhäjoki = a border river (experienced as taboo)

Declension
Inflection of pyhä (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative pyhä pyhät
genitive pyhän pyhien
partitive pyhää pyhiä
illative pyhään pyhiin
singular plural
nominative pyhä pyhät
accusative nom. pyhä pyhät
gen. pyhän
genitive pyhän pyhien
pyhäinrare
partitive pyhää pyhiä
inessive pyhässä pyhissä
elative pyhästä pyhistä
illative pyhään pyhiin
adessive pyhällä pyhillä
ablative pyhältä pyhiltä
allative pyhälle pyhille
essive pyhänä pyhinä
translative pyhäksi pyhiksi
instructive — pyhin
abessive pyhättä pyhittä
comitative — pyhine

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Noun

pyhä

  1. holiday

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References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

Anagrams

Karelian

Adjective

pyhä

  1. holy
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