aarre
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See also: Aarre
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *ardëh (compare Karelian uarreh, Livvi arreh, Ludian ardeh), of unknown further origin; uncertain connections to aarni and Proto-Germanic *arþiz (“farmland”), latter assuming a semantic shift "farmland" > "crop yield" > "treasure":
Pronunciation
Noun
aarre
- treasure
- treasure trove (hidden treasure, subsequently discovered)
- treasure trove (valuable discovery)
Declension
| Inflection of aarre (Kotus type 48*K/hame, rt-rr gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aarre | aarteet | |
| genitive | aarteen | aarteiden aarteitten | |
| partitive | aarretta | aarteita | |
| illative | aarteeseen | aarteisiin aarteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aarre | aarteet | |
| accusative | nom. | aarre | aarteet |
| gen. | aarteen | ||
| genitive | aarteen | aarteiden aarteitten | |
| partitive | aarretta | aarteita | |
| inessive | aarteessa | aarteissa | |
| elative | aarteesta | aarteista | |
| illative | aarteeseen | aarteisiin aarteihin | |
| adessive | aarteella | aarteilla | |
| ablative | aarteelta | aarteilta | |
| allative | aarteelle | aarteille | |
| essive | aarteena | aarteina | |
| translative | aarteeksi | aarteiksi | |
| abessive | aarteetta | aarteitta | |
| instructive | — | aartein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (treasure trove): aarrelöytö
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “aarre”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01