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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *puhtas (compare Estonian puhas, Karelian puhaš, Veps puhtaz), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *puHtás (compare Sanskrit पूत (pūta)), from Proto-Indo-European *puH-tó-s (“clean”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuhdɑs/,
- Rhymes: -uhdɑs
- Syllabification(key): puh‧das
- Hyphenation(key): puh‧das
Adjective
puhdas (comparative puhtaampi, superlative puhtain)
- clean; neat, tidy (not dirty)
- Synonyms: puhtoinen, siisti
- Antonyms: likainen, epäpuhdas, epäsiisti, saastainen, sotkuinen, sottainen
- clear, unpolluted (not polluted)
- Synonym: saastumaton
- Antonym: saastunut
- clear, clean, innocent (free of guilt)
- Synonym: viaton (“innocent”)
Omatuntoni on puhdas.- My conscience is clear.
- pure, undiluted, absolute, neat; sweet (unadulterated; free from extraneous elements)
- Synonym: pelkkä
- puhdas kulta ― pure gold
- puhdas alkoholi ― absolute alcohol
- net (with all deductions or allowances made)
- Synonym: netto
- puhdas voitto ― net profit
- naked (without decoration, put bluntly)
- Synonyms: raaka, paljas
Tämä on puhdas totuus.- This is the naked truth.
- sheer (being only what it seems to be)
- Synonyms: pelkkä, silkka
Tämä teksti on puhdasta hölynpölyä.- This text is sheer nonsense.
- (music) perfect (interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones)
- (sciences) pure (done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science)
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References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
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