taivas
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Taivas.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *taivas, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás.[1] Cognate with Estonian taevas.
Pronunciation
Noun
taivas
- sky
- Linnut lentävät taivaalla.
- Birds fly in the sky.
- heaven
- Ylösnousseet ovat kuin enkelit taivaassa.
- The resurrected are like the angels in heaven.
Declension
| Inflection of taivas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | taivas | taivaat | |
| genitive | taivaan | taivaiden taivaitten | |
| partitive | taivasta | taivaita | |
| illative | taivaaseen | taivaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | taivas | taivaat | |
| accusative | nom. | taivas | taivaat |
| gen. | taivaan | ||
| genitive | taivaan | taivaiden taivaitten taivasten rare | |
| partitive | taivasta | taivaita | |
| inessive | taivaassa | taivaissa | |
| elative | taivaasta | taivaista | |
| illative | taivaaseen | taivaisiin taivaihin rare | |
| adessive | taivaalla | taivailla | |
| ablative | taivaalta | taivailta | |
| allative | taivaalle | taivaille | |
| essive | taivaana | taivaina | |
| translative | taivaaksi | taivaiksi | |
| abessive | taivaatta | taivaitta | |
| instructive | — | taivain | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Dated genitive plural: taivasten
Synonyms
- (heaven): paratiisi (“paradise”)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “heaven”): helvetti
Derived terms
compounds
- avotaivas
- iltataivas
- itätaivas
- keskitaivas
- länsitaivas
- poutataivas
- sinitaivas
- taivaanekvaattori
- taivaankansi
- taivaankappale
- taivaanlaki
- taivaanmekaniikka
- taivaannapa
- taivaanpallo
- taivaanraja
- taivaanranta
- taivaansini
- taivaansininen
- taivaantähystäjä
- taivaanvahvuus
- taivaanvalkea
- taivaanvuohi
- taivaaseenastuminen
- taivashautaus
- taivasikävä
- taivaskanava
- taivasosa
- taivasosuus
- taivaspallo
- taivassukellus
- taustataivas
- tähtitaivas
- yötaivas
Descendants
- Kven: taivas
References
Further reading
- “taivas”, 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 2023-07-01
Anagrams
Ingrian
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *taivas. Cognates include Finnish taivas and Estonian taevas.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯ʋɑs/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯ʋɑs/,
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯ʋɑs
- Hyphenation: tai‧vas
Noun
taivas
- sky
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
- Jo entisist ajoist, päiväist päivää inmihiset näkivät, jot päivyt liikkuu taivast mööt.
- Already since ancient times, day in day out people saw, that the Sun moves along the sky.
- heaven
Declension
| Declension of taivas (type 2/patsas, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | taivas | taivaat |
| genitive | taivaan | taivain |
| partitive | taivasta, taivast | taivaita, taivaja |
| illative | taivaasse | taivaisse |
| inessive | taivaas | taivais |
| elative | taivaast | taivaist |
| allative | taivaalle | taivaille |
| adessive | taivaal | taivail |
| ablative | taivaalt | taivailt |
| translative | taivaaks | taivaiks |
| essive | taivaanna, taivaan | taivainna, taivain |
| exessive1) | taivaant | taivaint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
| Soikkola declension of taivas (type 2/patsas, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | taivas | taivahat, taivaat |
| genitive | taivahan | taivahiin |
| partitive | taivasta | taivahia |
| illative | taivahasse | taivahisse |
| inessive | taivahaas | taivahiis |
| elative | taivahast | taivahist |
| allative | taivahalle | taivahille |
| adessive | taivahaal | taivahiil |
| ablative | taivahalt | taivahilt |
| translative | taivahaks | taivahiks |
| essive | taivahaan | taivahiin |
| exessive1) | taivahant | taivahint |
| 1) Obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) | ||
Derived terms
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “тайвасъ”, 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]
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 568
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 75
Kven
Etymology
From Finnish taivas, from Proto-Finnic *taivas.
Pronunciation
Noun
taivas (genitive taivhaan, partitive taivasta)
References
- Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk, Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 40
Livvi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *taivas, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwas, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Compare Lithuanian dievas, Latvian dievs, Estonian taevas, Latgalian Dīvs (“God”)).
Noun
taivas (genitive taivahan, partitive taivastu)
Võro
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *taivas, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwas, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Compare Lithuanian dievas, Latvian dievs, Estonian taevas, Latgalian Dīvs (“God”)).
Noun
taivas (genitive taiva, partitive taivast)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.