päin

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pain"

Finnish

Etymology

The instructive plural of pää.

Pronunciation

Adverb

päin

  1. against, -wards, to, on (indicating movement or direction straight towards something)
    Synonyms: kohden, vastaan, kohti
    törmätä päin puuta ― to crash against a tree
    ajaa päin punaisia ― to jump the reds (lit. "to drive against the reds")
    Auto tuli suoraan minua päin. ― The car drove straight against me.
    Hän kääntyi minuun päin ja sanoi.. ― He turned to me and said..
    Sanoin sen hänelle suoraan päin naamaa. ― I said it to her right on her face.
  2. Used to indicate approximate direction or location; multiple translations into English are possible, may even be omitted if the direction is indicated in some other way in English.
    jossakin päin Suomea ― somewhere in Finland
    jossain tuolla päin ― somewhere in that direction
    Turussa päin ― somewhere near Turku
    Tuulee mereltä päin. ― The wind blows from (the direction of) the sea.
    Mistä päin Yhdysvaltoja olet kotoisin? ― Whereabouts in the United States are you from?
    Meillä päin tuollaisia ihmisiä kutsutaan poroiksi. ― Where I live that sort of people are called reindeer.
    Ikkuna on kadulle päin. ― The window is facing the street.
    Vastauksesi ei ole sinne päinkään. ― Your answer is not even close. (lit. "not even to that direction.")
    Lähden juuri ajamaan Helsinkiin päin. ― I'm just starting to drive towards Helsinki.
  3. towards, for (indicating the direction of change)
    Tämä on selvä muutos parempaan päin. ― This is a clear change for the better.
    Olemme menossa parempia aikoja päin. ― We are heading towards better times.
    Sairas on toipumaan päin. ― The patient is getting better. (lit. "The patient is towards healing.")
    Vaimo on pieniin päin ― My wife is expecting a baby. (lit. "My wife is towards little ones.")
  4. way, side (up) (indicating position, status etc.)
    toisin päin ― the other way round
    miten päin tahansa ― whichever way
    oikein päin ― the right side up
    Kummin päin tämä osa kuuluu? ― Which way does this part go back in?
    Asiat kääntyivät lopulta parhain päin. ― In the end the things turned out the best way possible.

Usage notes

See -päin for use as a suffix.

Derived terms

Noun

päin

  1. instructive plural of pää
    verissä päin ― with one's head bleeding
    kasapäin ― heapmeal; in abundance

Further reading

Ingrian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Instructive plural of pää (“head”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

päin

  1. Indicates an approximate direction: towards, -wards
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
      Lounaesse päin Barentsan merelt antiijaa materikkaa Valkia meri.
      Towards the south of the Barents Sea the White Sea cuts into the mainland.

Preposition

päin (+ genitive)

  1. (of motion) towards

Postposition

päin (+ partitive)

  1. (of motion) towards
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

päin

  1. Alternative spelling of päinnä

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 449
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 15
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