mähä
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Likely onomatopoeic, imitating the sound of sheep. Compare Danish mæhæ, Norwegian mehe. First attested in 1582.
Noun edit
mähä n
- (colloquial, depreciative) a pushover, fool
Declension edit
| Declension of mähä | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | mähä | mähät | mähän | mähäna |
| Genitive | mähäs | mähäts | mähäns | mähänas |
Further reading edit
- mähä in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mähä in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mähä in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- mähä in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Votic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *mäihä.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mähä
Inflection edit
| Declension of mähä (type VIII/päive, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | mähä | mähäd |
| genitive | mähä | mähije, mähii |
| partitive | mähhä | mähiite, mähii |
| illative | mähhäse, mähhä | mähiise |
| inessive | mähäz | mähiiz |
| elative | mähässe | mähiisse |
| allative | mähäle | mähiile |
| adessive | mähälle | mähiille |
| ablative | mähälte | mähiilte |
| translative | mähässi | mähiissi |
| *) 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 edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “mähä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn