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Finnish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Russian весть (vestʹ),[1][2] from Proto-Slavic *věstь.
Pronunciation
Noun
viesti
- message
- Synonym: sanoma
- (athletics) relay, relay race
- Synonym: viestijuoksu
- (military) signal corps
- Synonym: viestijoukot
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋie̯sti/, (third-person indicative)
- IPA(key): /ˈʋie̯stiˣ/, (imperative, indicative connegative)
- Rhymes: -iesti
- Hyphenation(key): vies‧ti
Verb
viesti
- inflection of viestiä:
- third-person singular past indicative
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
viesti
- Obsolete spelling of vijesti.