tosi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *toci (compare Estonian tõsi), from Proto-Uralic *čoďe (compare Eastern Khanty (čăjǝ), Northern Mansi (sōĺ)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtosi/,
• Rhymes: -osi
• Syllabification^(key): to‧si

Adjective

tosi (comparative todempi, superlative tosin)

1. true
2. (in compounds) real, serious, real-life

   tositarina ― real-life story

Usage notes

• (true): When used predicatively, the adjective is always either in the partitive singular, or somewhat less commonly in the nominative singular:

  Tämä on totta! / Tämä on tosi!

  This is true! / I mean it/business!

• (real, serious): Used as an attribute or as a modifier in a compound term.

  ryhtyä tositoimiin ― to take serious action

  tosiasia ― fact

• The comparative form is uncommon and the superlative form is rare.
• Outside of more formal and technical language (e.g. in logic), in everyday speech, all other forms than the nominative and partitive singular are uncommon, outside of their use as adverbs:
  • näyttää toteen (“to prove”)
  • olla totta (“to be true”)
  • ottaa todesta (“to take seriously; to take for granted”)
  • todella (“really, very”)
  • toden teolla (“really”)
  • toden tullen (“if push comes to shove, if things really get tough”)
  • tosiaan (“indeed, really”)
  • tosin (“granted, although, (given that) it is true that”)

    Hän on ’tosin’ viisaampi. ― 'True', s/he is wiser.

  • tosissaan (“serious(ly)”)

Declension

See the usage notes.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "true"): epätosi

Adverb

tosi

1. really, very

   tosi iso ― really big

Synonyms

• erittäin, todella

Noun

tosi

1. (usually indeclinable, see usage notes) truth, reality, real thing

Usage notes

If not the subject of the clause, this word is seldom inflected.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “tosi”, 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

Anagrams

• Isto, isot, osti, soit, soti

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *toci. Cognates include Finnish tosi and Estonian tõsi.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtosi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtosi/,
• Rhymes: -osi
• Hyphenation: to‧si

Noun

tosi

1. truth

Adjective

tosi (comparative toemp)

1. true

Declension

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 593

Italian

Verb

tosi

1. inflection of tosare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Isto, isto-, osti, sito, sito-