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kiva (plural kivas)
Originally "fast". The modern sense "nice, pleasant" can be traced back to northern Finnish, whence it spread elsewhere. Probably from the same root as kipakka.
kiva (comparative kivempi or kivampi, superlative kivoin or kivin) (colloquial)
Inflection of kiva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kiva | kivat | |
genitive | kivan | kivojen | |
partitive | kivaa | kivoja | |
illative | kivaan | kivoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kiva | kivat | |
accusative | nom. | kiva | kivat |
gen. | kivan | ||
genitive | kivan | kivojen kivainrare | |
partitive | kivaa | kivoja | |
inessive | kivassa | kivoissa | |
elative | kivasta | kivoista | |
illative | kivaan | kivoihin | |
adessive | kivalla | kivoilla | |
ablative | kivalta | kivoilta | |
allative | kivalle | kivoille | |
essive | kivana | kivoina | |
translative | kivaksi | kivoiksi | |
abessive | kivatta | kivoitta | |
instructive | — | kivoin | |
comitative | — | kivoine |
From Old Norse kífa, from Middle Low German kiven.
kiva (present tense kivar, past tense kiva, past participle kiva, passive infinitive kivast, present participle kivande, imperative kiva/kiv)
kiva n
kiva (comparative mer kiva, superlative mest kiva)
Also inflected: kivoga as plural, kivogare as comparative and kivogast as superlative.
Inherited from Old Norse kífa, from Proto-Germanic *kībaną.
kiva (present kivar, preterite kivade, supine kivat, imperative kiva)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | kiva | kivas | ||
Supine | kivat | kivats | ||
Imperative | kiva | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | kiven | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | kivar | kivade | kivas | kivades |
Ind. plural1 | kiva | kivade | kivas | kivades |
Subjunctive2 | kive | kivade | kives | kivades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | kivande | |||
Past participle | kivad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |