tosi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *toci (compare Estonian tõsi), from Proto-Uralic *čoďe (compare Eastern Khanty [script needed] (čăjǝ), Northern Mansi [script needed] (sōĺ)).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tosi (comparative todempi, superlative tosin)
Usage notes edit
- (true): When used predicatively, the adjective is always either in the partitive singular, or somewhat less commonly in the nominative singular:
- Tämä on totta! / Tämä on tosi!
- This is true! / I mean it/business!
- (real, serious): Used as an attribute or as a modifier in a compound term.
- The comparative form is uncommon and the superlative form is rare.
- Outside of more formal and technical language (e.g. in logic), in everyday speech, all other forms than the nominative and partitive singular are uncommon, outside of their use as adverbs:
- näyttää toteen (“to prove”)
- olla totta (“to be true”)
- ottaa todesta (“to take seriously; to take for granted”)
- todella (“really, very”)
- toden teolla (“really”)
- toden tullen (“if push comes to shove, if things really get tough”)
- tosiaan (“indeed, really”)
- tosin (“granted, although, (given that) it is true that”)
- Hän on ’tosin’ viisaampi. ― 'True', s/he is wiser.
- tosissaan (“serious(ly)”)
Declension edit
See the usage notes.
Inflection of tosi (Kotus type 27*F/käsi, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | tosi | todet | |
genitive | toden | tosien | |
partitive | totta | tosia | |
illative | toteen | tosiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tosi | todet | |
accusative | nom. | tosi | todet |
gen. | toden | ||
genitive | toden | tosien tottenrare | |
partitive | totta | tosia | |
inessive | todessa | tosissa | |
elative | todesta | tosista | |
illative | toteen | tosiin | |
adessive | todella | tosilla | |
ablative | todelta | tosilta | |
allative | todelle | tosille | |
essive | totena | tosina | |
translative | todeksi | tosiksi | |
abessive | todetta | tositta | |
instructive | — | tosin | |
comitative | — | tosine |
Antonyms edit
- (true): epätosi
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Derived terms edit
Compounds edit
compounds
Adverb edit
tosi
Synonyms edit
Noun edit
tosi
Usage notes edit
If not the subject of the clause, this word is seldom inflected.
Declension edit
Inflection of tosi (Kotus type 27*F/käsi, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tosi | todet | ||
genitive | toden | tosien | ||
partitive | totta | tosia | ||
illative | toteen | tosiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tosi | todet | ||
accusative | nom. | tosi | todet | |
gen. | toden | |||
genitive | toden | tosien tottenrare | ||
partitive | totta | tosia | ||
inessive | todessa | tosissa | ||
elative | todesta | tosista | ||
illative | toteen | tosiin | ||
adessive | todella | tosilla | ||
ablative | todelta | tosilta | ||
allative | todelle | tosille | ||
essive | totena | tosina | ||
translative | todeksi | tosiksi | ||
abessive | todetta | tositta | ||
instructive | — | tosin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tosi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *toci. Cognates include Finnish tosi and Estonian tõsi.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtosi/, [ˈto̞s̠i]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtosi/, [ˈto̞ʒ̥i]
- Rhymes: -osi
- Hyphenation: to‧si
Noun edit
tosi
Adjective edit
tosi (comparative toemp)
Declension edit
Declension of tosi (type 5/vesi, t- gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tosi | toet |
genitive | toen | tossiin, tosiloin |
partitive | totta | tossia, tosiloja |
illative | tottee | tossii, tosiloihe |
inessive | toes | tosis, tosilois |
elative | toest | tosist, tosiloist |
allative | toelle | tosille, tosiloille |
adessive | toel | tosil, tosiloil |
ablative | toelt | tosilt, tosiloilt |
translative | toeks | tosiks, tosiloiks |
essive | totteenna, totteen | tossiinna, tosiloinna, tossiin, tosiloin |
exessive1) | tottent | tossint, tosiloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 593
Italian edit
Verb edit
tosi
- inflection of tosare: