pöyheä

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Finnish

Etymology

Probably from a sound-symbolic root[1] +‎ -eä. Related to Ingrian pöyhkiä, Karelian pöyhie and Votic pöühtšiä (Mati).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pöyheä (comparative pöyheämpi, superlative pöyhein)

  1. fluffy

Declension

Inflection of pöyheä (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
nominative pöyheä pöyheät
genitive pöyheän pöyheiden
pöyheitten
partitive pöyheää
pöyheätä
pöyheitä
illative pöyheään pöyheisiin
pöyheihin
singular plural
nominative pöyheä pöyheät
accusative nom. pöyheä pöyheät
gen. pöyheän
genitive pöyheän pöyheiden
pöyheitten
pöyheäin rare
partitive pöyheää
pöyheätä
pöyheitä
inessive pöyheässä pöyheissä
elative pöyheästä pöyheistä
illative pöyheään pöyheisiin
pöyheihin
adessive pöyheällä pöyheillä
ablative pöyheältä pöyheiltä
allative pöyheälle pöyheille
essive pöyheänä pöyheinä
translative pöyheäksi pöyheiksi
abessive pöyheättä pöyheittä
instructive pöyhein
comitative pöyheine
Possessive forms of pöyheä (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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