pyhä

Finnish

Etymology

From a Germanic language, compare German weihen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈpyɦæ]
  • Hyphenation: py‧hä

Adjective

pyhä (comparative pyhempi, superlative pyhin)

  1. holy, sacred
    pyhä sota = holy war
    pyhät kirjoitukset = sacred writings, Holy Writ
  2. when capitalized, Saint
    Pyhä Yrjö = Saint George
  3. when used as modifier in compound term (pyhä-), Sunday, dominical, Sunday-go-to-meeting, holy etc.

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Noun

pyhä

  1. holiday

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • pyhäinen
  • pyhäisin
  • pyhällinen
Compounds
  • arkipyhä
  • joulunpyhä
  • juhannuspyhä
  • juhlapyhä
  • kaksoispyhä
  • kirkkopyhä
  • pyhäaamu
  • pyhäaatto
  • pyhäilta
  • pyhäkoulu
  • pyhänseutu

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