riihi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *riihi, from Proto-Finno-Permic *riŋeše, itself possibly a Wanderwort. Cognates include Estonian rehi, Karelian riihi. Swedish ria and Latvian rija are borrowings from Finnic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈriːhi/, [ˈriːɦi]
  • Rhymes: -iːhi
  • Syllabification(key): rii‧hi

Noun

riihi

  1. (agriculture, historical) A traditional Scandinavian and Russian grain drying and threshing cabin, in which the grain was dried in the heat and smoke of a chimneyless stove and then threshed on the floor.
  2. (by extension, in compounds) workshop (collaborative effort to some end)

Declension

Inflection of riihi (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation)
nominative riihi riihet
genitive riihen riihien
riihten
partitive riihtä riihiä
illative riiheen riihiin
singular plural
nominative riihi riihet
accusative nom. riihi riihet
gen. riihen
genitive riihen riihien
riihten
partitive riihtä riihiä
inessive riihessä riihissä
elative riihestä riihistä
illative riiheen riihiin
adessive riihellä riihillä
ablative riiheltä riihiltä
allative riihelle riihille
essive riihenä riihinä
translative riiheksi riihiksi
instructive riihin
abessive riihettä riihittä
comitative riihineen
Possessive forms of riihi (type uni)
possessor singular plural
1st person riiheni riihemme
2nd person riihesi riihenne
3rd person riihensä

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Ingrian

Riihi.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *riihi. Cognates include Finnish riihi and Estonian rehi.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈriːhi/, [ˈriːh]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈriːhi/, [ˈriːhi]
  • Rhymes: -iːhi
  • Hyphenation: rii‧hi

Noun

riihi

  1. A cabin used for drying and threshing grain.

Declension

Declension of riihi (type 5/lehti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative riihi riihet
genitive riihen riihiin, riihilöin
partitive riihiä riihijä, riihilöjä
illative riihee riihii, riihilöihe
inessive riihees riihiis, riihilöis
elative riihest riihist, riihilöist
allative riihelle riihille, riihilöille
adessive riiheel riihiil, riihilöil
ablative riihelt riihilt, riihilöilt
translative riiheks riihiks, riihilöiks
essive riihennä, riiheen riihinnä, riihilöinnä, riihiin, riihilöin
exessive1) riihent riihint, riihilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 482
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