vihta
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vihta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vihta
- bath broom, a kind of whip made of birch twigs and used in the sauna to enhance the effect of heat by beating oneself with it.
Usage notes edit
Traditionally vihta was used more often in Western Finnish, while vasta was used in Eastern Finnish.
Declension edit
Inflection of vihta (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | vihta | vihdat | ||
genitive | vihdan | vihtojen | ||
partitive | vihtaa | vihtoja | ||
illative | vihtaan | vihtoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | vihta | vihdat | ||
accusative | nom. | vihta | vihdat | |
gen. | vihdan | |||
genitive | vihdan | vihtojen vihtainrare | ||
partitive | vihtaa | vihtoja | ||
inessive | vihdassa | vihdoissa | ||
elative | vihdasta | vihdoista | ||
illative | vihtaan | vihtoihin | ||
adessive | vihdalla | vihdoilla | ||
ablative | vihdalta | vihdoilta | ||
allative | vihdalle | vihdoille | ||
essive | vihtana | vihtoina | ||
translative | vihdaksi | vihdoiksi | ||
abessive | vihdatta | vihdoitta | ||
instructive | — | vihdoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
compounds
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “vihta”, 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
Pite Sami edit
[a], [b] ← 4 | 5 | 6 → |
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Cardinal: vihta Ordinal: vidát |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Samic *vittë
Numeral edit
vihta