lähde

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæhdeˣ/,
• Rhymes: -æhde
• Syllabification^(key): läh‧de

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *läktek (compare Estonian läte, Ingrian lähe, Veps lähte, Võro läteq), equivalent to lähteä (“to leave”) +‎ -e, as in "where the water leaves the ground".

Noun

lähde

1. spring, wellhead (place where water emerges from the ground)
2. (often in the plural) source, fountainhead (collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates)
3. source, origin (person, place or thing from which something comes or is acquired)

   Antonym: nielu

4. source (reporter's informant)
5. source (book, article, interviewee etc. referenced in a written work; an item in the bibliography of a written work)
6. (electronics) source (one of the terminals of a field effect transistor)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lähde”, 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

Etymology 2

Verb

lähde

1. inflection of lähteä:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative