vajaa
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑjɑː/, [ˈʋɑjɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑjɑː
- Syllabification(key): va‧jaa
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *vajaga. Related to Estonian vaja, Ingrian vajjaa, Livonian vajāg, Veps vajag and Votic vajagõ. Related to vajota.
Adjective
vajaa (comparative vajaampi, superlative vajain)
- not full; partial; incomplete (often with connotation of falling short)
- Synonym: puolitäysi
- Antonym: täysi
- Tämä lasi on täysi ja tuo lasi on vajaa.
- This glass is full and that glass is not full.
- Tämä korttipakka on vajaa: siitä puuttuu ruutuysi.
- This deck of cards is incomplete: it is missing the nine of diamonds.
- shy of; short of, less than
- (colloquial) wanting, in need of
- Mitä olet vajaa?
- What do you want?
- (literally, “What are you in need of?”)
- Synonym: vailla
- (colloquial) to (in expressions of clock time)
- kymmentä vajaa kaksi
- ten to two
- Synonym: vaille
- (colloquial, derogatory) mentally retarded; short for vajaamielinen
- Synonym: see thesaurus:vammainen
Declension
| Inflection of vajaa (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vajaa | vajaat | |
| genitive | vajaan | vajaiden vajaitten | |
| partitive | vajaata | vajaita | |
| illative | vajaaseen | vajaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vajaa | vajaat | |
| accusative | nom. | vajaa | vajaat |
| gen. | vajaan | ||
| genitive | vajaan | vajaiden vajaitten | |
| partitive | vajaata | vajaita | |
| inessive | vajaassa | vajaissa | |
| elative | vajaasta | vajaista | |
| illative | vajaaseen | vajaisiin vajaihinrare | |
| adessive | vajaalla | vajailla | |
| ablative | vajaalta | vajailta | |
| allative | vajaalle | vajaille | |
| essive | vajaana | vajaina | |
| translative | vajaaksi | vajaiksi | |
| instructive | — | vajain | |
| abessive | vajaatta | vajaitta | |
| comitative | — | vajaine | |
| Possessive forms of vajaa (type vapaa) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | vajaani | vajaamme |
| 2nd person | vajaasi | vajaanne |
| 3rd person | vajaansa | |
Derived terms
Compounds
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