Finnish

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Etymology

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hyvä (good, dear) + veli (brother)

Noun

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hyvä veli

  1. A salutation used at the beginning of a friendly, often confidential letter from male to male; abbreviation H.V..
  2. Used attributively to make a reference to cronyism; notably in expressions hyvä veli -järjestelmä and hyvä veli -verkosto.

Declension

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  • Both words are inflected.

Derived terms

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compounds