alentaa
Finnish
Etymology 1
alene- + -taa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlentɑːˣ/, [ˈɑle̞n̪t̪ɑː(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑlentɑː
- Syllabification(key): a‧len‧taa
Verb
alentaa
- (transitive) To lower, downgrade, decrease, reduce, diminish.
- (transitive) To slash, mark down, bring down (prices).
- (transitive) To degrade, demote, abase, humiliate (a person).
Conjugation
| Inflection of alentaa (Kotus type 54*J/huutaa, nt-nn gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alennan | en alenna | 1st sing. | olen alentanut | en ole alentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | alennat | et alenna | 2nd sing. | olet alentanut | et ole alentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentaa | ei alenna | 3rd sing. | on alentanut | ei ole alentanut | |
| 1st plur. | alennamme | emme alenna | 1st plur. | olemme alentaneet | emme ole alentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alennatte | ette alenna | 2nd plur. | olette alentaneet | ette ole alentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentavat | eivät alenna | 3rd plur. | ovat alentaneet | eivät ole alentaneet | |
| passive | alennetaan | ei alenneta | passive | on alennettu | ei ole alennettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alensin | en alentanut | 1st sing. | olin alentanut | en ollut alentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | alensit | et alentanut | 2nd sing. | olit alentanut | et ollut alentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | alensi | ei alentanut | 3rd sing. | oli alentanut | ei ollut alentanut | |
| 1st plur. | alensimme | emme alentaneet | 1st plur. | olimme alentaneet | emme olleet alentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alensitte | ette alentaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte alentaneet | ette olleet alentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alensivat | eivät alentaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat alentaneet | eivät olleet alentaneet | |
| passive | alennettiin | ei alennettu | passive | oli alennettu | ei ollut alennettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alentaisin | en alentaisi | 1st sing. | olisin alentanut | en olisi alentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | alentaisit | et alentaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit alentanut | et olisi alentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentaisi | ei alentaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi alentanut | ei olisi alentanut | |
| 1st plur. | alentaisimme | emme alentaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme alentaneet | emme olisi alentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alentaisitte | ette alentaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte alentaneet | ette olisi alentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentaisivat | eivät alentaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat alentaneet | eivät olisi alentaneet | |
| passive | alennettaisiin | ei alennettaisi | passive | olisi alennettu | ei olisi alennettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | alenna | älä alenna | 2nd sing. | ole alentanut | älä ole alentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentakoon | älköön alentako | 3rd sing. | olkoon alentanut | älköön olko alentanut | |
| 1st plur. | alentakaamme | älkäämme alentako | 1st plur. | olkaamme alentaneet | älkäämme olko alentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alentakaa | älkää alentako | 2nd plur. | olkaa alentaneet | älkää olko alentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentakoot | älkööt alentako | 3rd plur. | olkoot alentaneet | älkööt olko alentaneet | |
| passive | alennettakoon | älköön alennettako | passive | olkoon alennettu | älköön olko alennettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alentanen | en alentane | 1st sing. | lienen alentanut | en liene alentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | alentanet | et alentane | 2nd sing. | lienet alentanut | et liene alentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentanee | ei alentane | 3rd sing. | lienee alentanut | ei liene alentanut | |
| 1st plur. | alentanemme | emme alentane | 1st plur. | lienemme alentaneet | emme liene alentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alentanette | ette alentane | 2nd plur. | lienette alentaneet | ette liene alentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentanevat | eivät alentane | 3rd plur. | lienevät alentaneet | eivät liene alentaneet | |
| passive | alennettaneen | ei alennettane | passive | lienee alennettu | ei liene alennettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | alentaa | present | alentava | alennettava | ||
| long 1st2 | alentaakseen | past | alentanut | alennettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | alentaessa | alennettaessa | agent1, 3 | alentama | |
| instructive | alentaen | — | negative | alentamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | alentamassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | alentamasta | — | ||||
| illative | alentamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | alentamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | alentamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | alentaman | alennettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | alentaminen | ||||
| partitive | alentamista | |||||
| 5th2 | alentamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to humiliate, degrade): nöyryyttää
Antonyms
- ylentää
Derived terms
- adjectives: alentava
- nouns: alennus
- verbs: alentua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlentɑː/, [ˈɑle̞n̪t̪ɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑlentɑː
- Syllabification(key): a‧len‧taa
Verb
alentaa
- third-person singular present indicative of alentaa
Anagrams
- aletaan
Ingrian
Etymology
From aleta (“to descend”) + -taa.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑlentɑː/, [ˈɑɫe̞ntɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑlentɑː/, [ˈɑɫe̞ntɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑlentɑː
- Hyphenation: a‧len‧taa
Verb
alentaa
- (transitive) to lower
- (transitive, of a voice) to lower
- Alentakkaa teijen äänet! ― Lower your voices!
Conjugation
| Conjugation of alentaa (type 3/kyntää, nt-nn gradation) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indikativa | |||||
| Preesens | Perfekta | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | alennan | en alenna | 1st singular | oon alentant, oon alentanut | en oo alentant, en oo alentanut |
| 2nd singular | alennat | et alenna | 2nd singular | oot alentant, oot alentanut | et oo alentant, et oo alentanut |
| 3rd singular | alentaa | ei alenna | 3rd singular | ono alentant, ono alentanut | ei oo alentant, ei oo alentanut |
| 1st plural | alennamma | emmä alenna | 1st plural | oomma alentanneet | emmä oo alentanneet |
| 2nd plural | alennatta | että alenna | 2nd plural | ootta alentanneet | että oo alentanneet |
| 3rd plural | alentaat1), alentavat2), alennetaa | evät alenna | 3rd plural | ovat alentanneet | evät oo alentanneet |
| impersonal | alennetaa | ei alenneta | impersonal | ono alennettu | ei oo alennettu |
| Imperfekta | Pluskvamperfekta | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | alensin | en alentant, en alentanut | 1st singular | olin alentant, olin alentanut | en olt alentant, en olt alentanut |
| 2nd singular | alensit | et alentant, et alentanut | 2nd singular | olit alentant, olit alentanut | et olt alentant, et olt alentanut |
| 3rd singular | alensi | ei alentant, ei alentanut | 3rd singular | oli alentant, oli alentanut | ei olt alentant, ei olt alentanut |
| 1st plural | alensimma | emmä alentanneet | 1st plural | olimma alentanneet | emmä olleet alentanneet |
| 2nd plural | alensitta | että alentanneet | 2nd plural | olitta alentanneet | että olleet alentanneet |
| 3rd plural | alensiit1), alensivat2), alennettii | evät alentanneet | 3rd plural | olivat alentanneet | evät olleet alentanneet |
| impersonal | alennettii | ei alennettu | impersonal | oli alennettu | ei olt alennettu |
| Konditsionala | |||||
| Preesens | Perfekta | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | alentaisin | en alentais | 1st singular | olisin alentant, olisin alentanut | en olis alentant, en olis alentanut |
| 2nd singular | alentaisit, alentaist1) | et alentais | 2nd singular | olisit alentant, olisit alentanut | et olis alentant, et olis alentanut |
| 3rd singular | alentais | ei alentais | 3rd singular | olis alentant, olis alentanut | ei olis alentant, ei olis alentanut |
| 1st plural | alentaisimma | emmä alentais | 1st plural | olisimma alentanneet | emmä olis alentanneet |
| 2nd plural | alentaisitta | että alentais | 2nd plural | olisitta alentanneet | että olis alentanneet |
| 3rd plural | alentaisiit1), alentaisivat2), alennettais | evät alentais | 3rd plural | olisivat alentanneet | evät olis alentanneet |
| impersonal | alennettais | ei alennettais | impersonal | olis alennettu | ei olis alennettu |
| Imperativa | |||||
| Preesens | Perfekta | ||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||
| 1st singular | — | — | 1st singular | — | — |
| 2nd singular | alenna | elä alenna | 2nd singular | oo alentant, oo alentanut | elä oo alentant, elä oo alentanut |
| 3rd singular | alentakkoo | elköö alentako | 3rd singular | olkoo alentant, olkoo alentanut | elköö olko alentant, elköö olko alentanut |
| 1st plural | — | — | 1st plural | — | — |
| 2nd plural | alentakkaa | elkää alentako | 2nd plural | olkaa alentanneet | elkää olko alentanneet |
| 3rd plural | alentakkoot | elkööt alentako | 3rd plural | olkoot alentanneet | elkööt olko alentanneet |
| impersonal | alennettakoo | elköö alennettako | impersonal | olkoo alennettu | elköö olko alennettu |
| Potentsiala | |||||
| Preesens | |||||
| positive | negative | ||||
| 1st singular | alentanen | en alentane | |||
| 2nd singular | alentanet | et alentane | |||
| 3rd singular | alentannoo | ei alentane | |||
| 1st plural | alentanemma | emmä alentane | |||
| 2nd plural | alentanetta | että alentane | |||
| 3rd plural | alentannoot | evät alentane | |||
| impersonal | alennettanoo | ei alennettane | |||
| Nominal forms | |||||
| Infinitivat | Partisipat | ||||
| active | passive | ||||
| 1st | alentaa | present | alentava | alennettava | |
| 2nd | inessive | alentaes | past | alentant, alentanut | alennettu |
| instructive | alentaen | 1) Chiefly in the Soikkola dialect. 2) Chiefly in the Ala-Laukaa dialect. *) For the imperative, the 2nd plural (alentakkaa) may be used for the 3rd person as well. **) The interrogative is formed by adding the suffix -k (-ka?/-kä?) to the indicative, or -kse to the potential. ***) In folk poetry, a long first infinitive can be formed by adding the suffix -kse, followed by possessive suffixes, to the first infinitive. Note that sometimes gemination may be undone by this addition. | |||
| 3rd | illative | alentammaa | |||
| inessive | alentamas | ||||
| elative | alentamast | ||||
| abessive | alentamata | ||||
| 4th | nominative | alentammiin | |||
| partitive | alentamista, alentamist | ||||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 11