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2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.
pysyä hengissä ― to stay alive, survive; make it (not dying)
pysyä ennallaan ― to stay the way it is/was
pysyä entisissä uomissaan ― to stay in the old rut(s)
pysyä hereillä ― to stay awake
pysyä housuissaan ― to keep one's pants on, hold one's horses
pysyä kannallaan ― to hold one's ground
pysyä lestissään ― to stick to one's last
Further reading
“pysyä”, 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 2023-07-03