haiven
Finnish
Etymology
From a Germanic language, compare Proto-Germanic *hawją (“hay”) (whence e.g. Swedish hö, English hay). The meaning has possibly been influenced by haven (“hair”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯ʋen/, [ˈhɑi̯ʋe̞n]
- Hyphenation: hai‧ven
Noun
haiven
- A single, usually thin hair or fiber.
- Pojan parta ei vielä kasvanut kunnolla, leuassa näkyi vain muutamia valkoisia haivenia.
- The boy's beard did not grow properly yet, only a few white hairs were visible in the chin.
- Pojan parta ei vielä kasvanut kunnolla, leuassa näkyi vain muutamia valkoisia haivenia.
Declension
Inflection of haiven (Kotus type 32/sisar, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | haiven | haivenet | |
genitive | haivenen | haivenien haiventen | |
partitive | haiventa | haivenia | |
illative | haiveneen | haiveniin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | haiven | haivenet | |
accusative | nom. | haiven | haivenet |
gen. | haivenen | ||
genitive | haivenen | haivenien haiventen | |
partitive | haiventa | haivenia | |
inessive | haivenessa | haivenissa | |
elative | haivenesta | haivenista | |
illative | haiveneen | haiveniin | |
adessive | haivenella | haivenilla | |
ablative | haivenelta | haivenilta | |
allative | haivenelle | haivenille | |
essive | haivenena | haivenina | |
translative | haiveneksi | haiveniksi | |
instructive | — | haivenin | |
abessive | haivenetta | haivenitta | |
comitative | — | haivenineen |
Synonyms
- haituva
- hapsi
- haven
See also
- hius
- hapsi
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish etymological dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN