lahja

From Proto-Finnic *laiha, of Baltic origin; compare Lithuanian liesas and Latvian liess. Cognate to Finnish laiha.

lahja (genitive lahja, partitive lahjat, comparative lahjem, superlative kõige lahjem)

1. lean, thin, skinny
2. lean, low-fat

   ~ liha : lean meat

3. lean, poor, thin (short of some essential element)

   ~ kohv : thin coffee

   ~ maa : lean soil, poor soil

4. (of a color) pale

   ~ sinine : pale blue

5. (figuratively) lean

   Parem lahja rahu kui rasvane riid.

   Better a lean accord than a fat quarrel.

• (lean, skinny): kõhn, kondine
• (of land: lean): väheviljakas

• (antonym(s) of “lean, skinny”): lihav, priske, rammus
• (antonym(s) of “lean, low-fat”): rasvane, rammus
• (antonym(s) of “of drink: thin”): kange

From Proto-Finnic *lahja, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛒᛚᚨᚺᛃᛟ (*blahjo), from Proto-Germanic *blahjōn (“sheet, cloth”) (compare Icelandic blæja (“veil”)). Cognates include Votic lahjõ (“wedding gift”) and Ingrian lahja (“gift”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑhjɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑhjɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lah‧ja

lahja

1. present, gift
2. (figuratively) talent, gift

• “lahja”, 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 2023-07-02

From Proto-Finnic *lahja. Cognates include Finnish lahja and Veps lahj.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑhjɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑhjɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑhj, -ɑhjɑ
• Hyphenation: lah‧ja

lahja

1. gift, present
2. (specifically) wedding gift

• (gift): podarka

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “лагай”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 687
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 243