vahinko

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vahinko. Related to Ingrian vahinko, Karelian vahinko, Ludian vahinko and Votic vahinko.

Pronunciation

Noun

vahinko

  1. accident, mishap (something negative done unintentionally; event caused by human activity with unintentional negative consequences)
  2. damage (abstract measure of something not being intact)
    Near-synonym: vaurio
  3. something that is unfortunate, a shame
    Synonym: harmi

Declension

Inflection of vahinko (Kotus type 1*G/valo, nk-ng gradation)
nominative vahinko vahingot
genitive vahingon vahinkojen
partitive vahinkoa vahinkoja
illative vahinkoon vahinkoihin
singular plural
nominative vahinko vahingot
accusative nom. vahinko vahingot
gen. vahingon
genitive vahingon vahinkojen
partitive vahinkoa vahinkoja
inessive vahingossa vahingoissa
elative vahingosta vahingoista
illative vahinkoon vahinkoihin
adessive vahingolla vahingoilla
ablative vahingolta vahingoilta
allative vahingolle vahingoille
essive vahinkona vahinkoina
translative vahingoksi vahingoiksi
abessive vahingotta vahingoitta
instructive vahingoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vahinko (Kotus type 1*G/valo, nk-ng gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vahinkoni vahinkoni
accusative nom. vahinkoni vahinkoni
gen. vahinkoni
genitive vahinkoni vahinkojeni
partitive vahinkoani vahinkojani
inessive vahingossani vahingoissani
elative vahingostani vahingoistani
illative vahinkooni vahinkoihini
adessive vahingollani vahingoillani
ablative vahingoltani vahingoiltani
allative vahingolleni vahingoilleni
essive vahinkonani vahinkoinani
translative vahingokseni vahingoikseni
abessive vahingottani vahingoittani
instructive
comitative vahinkoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vahinkosi vahinkosi
accusative nom. vahinkosi vahinkosi
gen. vahinkosi
genitive vahinkosi vahinkojesi
partitive vahinkoasi vahinkojasi
inessive vahingossasi vahingoissasi
elative vahingostasi vahingoistasi
illative vahinkoosi vahinkoihisi
adessive vahingollasi vahingoillasi
ablative vahingoltasi vahingoiltasi
allative vahingollesi vahingoillesi
essive vahinkonasi vahinkoinasi
translative vahingoksesi vahingoiksesi
abessive vahingottasi vahingoittasi
instructive
comitative vahinkoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vahinkomme vahinkomme
accusative nom. vahinkomme vahinkomme
gen. vahinkomme
genitive vahinkomme vahinkojemme
partitive vahinkoamme vahinkojamme
inessive vahingossamme vahingoissamme
elative vahingostamme vahingoistamme
illative vahinkoomme vahinkoihimme
adessive vahingollamme vahingoillamme
ablative vahingoltamme vahingoiltamme
allative vahingollemme vahingoillemme
essive vahinkonamme vahinkoinamme
translative vahingoksemme vahingoiksemme
abessive vahingottamme vahingoittamme
instructive
comitative vahinkoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vahinkonne vahinkonne
accusative nom. vahinkonne vahinkonne
gen. vahinkonne
genitive vahinkonne vahinkojenne
partitive vahinkoanne vahinkojanne
inessive vahingossanne vahingoissanne
elative vahingostanne vahingoistanne
illative vahinkoonne vahinkoihinne
adessive vahingollanne vahingoillanne
ablative vahingoltanne vahingoiltanne
allative vahingollenne vahingoillenne
essive vahinkonanne vahinkoinanne
translative vahingoksenne vahingoiksenne
abessive vahingottanne vahingoittanne
instructive
comitative vahinkoinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vahinko. Cognates include Finnish vahinko and dialectal Estonian vahing.

Pronunciation

Noun

vahinko

  1. mishap, accident

Declension

Declension of vahinko (type 4/koivu, nk-ng gradation)
singular plural
nominative vahinko vahingot
genitive vahingon vahinkoin, vahinkoloin
partitive vahinkoa vahinkoja, vahinkoloja
illative vahinkoo vahinkoihe, vahinkoloihe
inessive vahingoos vahingois, vahinkolois
elative vahingost vahingoist, vahinkoloist
allative vahingolle vahingoille, vahinkoloille
adessive vahingool vahingoil, vahinkoloil
ablative vahingolt vahingoilt, vahinkoloilt
translative vahingoks vahingoiks, vahinkoloiks
essive vahinkonna, vahinkoon vahinkoinna, vahinkoloinna, vahinkoin, vahinkoloin
exessive1) vahinkont vahinkoint, vahinkoloint
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.

Synonyms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “вагинго”, 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], page 687
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 630

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vahinko.

Pronunciation

Noun

vahinko

  1. accident, mishap
  2. damage

Inflection

Declension of vahinko (type II/võrkko, nk-ng gradation)
singular plural
nominative vahinko vahingod
genitive vahingo vahinkojõ, vahinkoi
partitive vahinkoa vahinkoitõ, vahinkoi
illative vahinkosõ, vahinko vahinkoisõ
inessive vahingoz vahinkoiz
elative vahingossõ vahinkoissõ
allative vahingolõ vahinkoilõ
adessive vahingollõ vahinkoillõ
ablative vahingoltõ vahinkoiltõ
translative vahingossi vahinkoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “vahinko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn