haiven

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

1. 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.

Declension

Inflection of haiven (Kotus type 32/sisar, no gradation)
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