vessa
See also: Vessa
Catalan edit
Verb edit
vessa
- inflection of vessar:
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Irregularly derived from WC (which is usually read veesee).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vessa
- toilet (room or seat)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vessa
- vetää vessa ― to flush the toilet
Usage notes edit
- The word, while now standard, was once considered colloquial, though never vulgar. If one wants to be absolutely safe, miestenhuone (“men's room”) and naistenhuone (“ladies' room”) may be used.
Declension edit
Inflection of vessa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | vessa | vessat | ||
genitive | vessan | vessojen | ||
partitive | vessaa | vessoja | ||
illative | vessaan | vessoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | vessa | vessat | ||
accusative | nom. | vessa | vessat | |
gen. | vessan | |||
genitive | vessan | vessojen vessainrare | ||
partitive | vessaa | vessoja | ||
inessive | vessassa | vessoissa | ||
elative | vessasta | vessoista | ||
illative | vessaan | vessoihin | ||
adessive | vessalla | vessoilla | ||
ablative | vessalta | vessoilta | ||
allative | vessalle | vessoille | ||
essive | vessana | vessoina | ||
translative | vessaksi | vessoiksi | ||
abessive | vessatta | vessoitta | ||
instructive | — | vessoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “vessa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
vessa
- third-person singular past historic of vesser
Italian edit
Verb edit
vessa
- inflection of vessare:
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vessa m (feminine vessī or vesī)
- a Vaishya
Declension edit
Declension table of "vessa" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | vesso | vessā |
Accusative (second) | vessaṃ | vesse |
Instrumental (third) | vessena | vessehi or vessebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vessassa or vessāya or vessatthaṃ | vessānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vessasmā or vessamhā or vessā | vessehi or vessebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vessassa | vessānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vessasmiṃ or vessamhi or vesse | vessesu |
Vocative (calling) | vessa | vessā |
References edit
- Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 564.
Further reading edit
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vessa”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead