pohtia
Finnish
(index po)
Etymology
The word in its original meaning is from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *powH-éye-ti. Cognates include Old High German fowen (“to sieve; clean grain”) and Sanskrit पवयति (pavayati, “to cleanse; to purify”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpohtiɑˣ/, [ˈpo̞xt̪iɑ(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: poh‧ti‧a
- Rhymes: kohtia, tohtia
Verb
pohtia
- (transitive, archaic) to thresh (separate grain from husk or chaff)
- (transitive + partitive) to ponder, consider, reflect, mull over (to think about something deeply)
Conjugation
| Inflection of pohtia (Kotus type 61/sallia, t-d gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pohdin | en pohdi | 1st sing. | olen pohtinut | en ole pohtinut | |
| 2nd sing. | pohdit | et pohdi | 2nd sing. | olet pohtinut | et ole pohtinut | |
| 3rd sing. | pohtii | ei pohdi | 3rd sing. | on pohtinut | ei ole pohtinut | |
| 1st plur. | pohdimme | emme pohdi | 1st plur. | olemme pohtineet | emme ole pohtineet | |
| 2nd plur. | pohditte | ette pohdi | 2nd plur. | olette pohtineet | ette ole pohtineet | |
| 3rd plur. | pohtivat | eivät pohdi | 3rd plur. | ovat pohtineet | eivät ole pohtineet | |
| passive | pohditaan | ei pohdita | passive | on pohdittu | ei ole pohdittu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pohdin | en pohtinut | 1st sing. | olin pohtinut | en ollut pohtinut | |
| 2nd sing. | pohdit | et pohtinut | 2nd sing. | olit pohtinut | et ollut pohtinut | |
| 3rd sing. | pohti | ei pohtinut | 3rd sing. | oli pohtinut | ei ollut pohtinut | |
| 1st plur. | pohdimme | emme pohtineet | 1st plur. | olimme pohtineet | emme olleet pohtineet | |
| 2nd plur. | pohditte | ette pohtineet | 2nd plur. | olitte pohtineet | ette olleet pohtineet | |
| 3rd plur. | pohtivat | eivät pohtineet | 3rd plur. | olivat pohtineet | eivät olleet pohtineet | |
| passive | pohdittiin | ei pohdittu | passive | oli pohdittu | ei ollut pohdittu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pohtisin | en pohtisi | 1st sing. | olisin pohtinut | en olisi pohtinut | |
| 2nd sing. | pohtisit | et pohtisi | 2nd sing. | olisit pohtinut | et olisi pohtinut | |
| 3rd sing. | pohtisi | ei pohtisi | 3rd sing. | olisi pohtinut | ei olisi pohtinut | |
| 1st plur. | pohtisimme | emme pohtisi | 1st plur. | olisimme pohtineet | emme olisi pohtineet | |
| 2nd plur. | pohtisitte | ette pohtisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte pohtineet | ette olisi pohtineet | |
| 3rd plur. | pohtisivat | eivät pohtisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat pohtineet | eivät olisi pohtineet | |
| passive | pohdittaisiin | ei pohdittaisi | passive | olisi pohdittu | ei olisi pohdittu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | pohdi | älä pohdi | 2nd sing. | ole pohtinut | älä ole pohtinut | |
| 3rd sing. | pohtikoon | älköön pohtiko | 3rd sing. | olkoon pohtinut | älköön olko pohtinut | |
| 1st plur. | pohtikaamme | älkäämme pohtiko | 1st plur. | olkaamme pohtineet | älkäämme olko pohtineet | |
| 2nd plur. | pohtikaa | älkää pohtiko | 2nd plur. | olkaa pohtineet | älkää olko pohtineet | |
| 3rd plur. | pohtikoot | älkööt pohtiko | 3rd plur. | olkoot pohtineet | älkööt olko pohtineet | |
| passive | pohdittakoon | älköön pohdittako | passive | olkoon pohdittu | älköön olko pohdittu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | pohtinen | en pohtine | 1st sing. | lienen pohtinut | en liene pohtinut | |
| 2nd sing. | pohtinet | et pohtine | 2nd sing. | lienet pohtinut | et liene pohtinut | |
| 3rd sing. | pohtinee | ei pohtine | 3rd sing. | lienee pohtinut | ei liene pohtinut | |
| 1st plur. | pohtinemme | emme pohtine | 1st plur. | lienemme pohtineet | emme liene pohtineet | |
| 2nd plur. | pohtinette | ette pohtine | 2nd plur. | lienette pohtineet | ette liene pohtineet | |
| 3rd plur. | pohtinevat | eivät pohtine | 3rd plur. | lienevät pohtineet | eivät liene pohtineet | |
| passive | pohdittaneen | ei pohdittane | passive | lienee pohdittu | ei liene pohdittu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | pohtia | present | pohtiva | pohdittava | ||
| long 1st2 | pohtiakseen | past | pohtinut | pohdittu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | pohtiessa | pohdittaessa | agent1, 3 | pohtima | |
| instructive | pohtien | — | negative | pohtimaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | pohtimassa | — | 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 | pohtimasta | — | ||||
| illative | pohtimaan | — | ||||
| adessive | pohtimalla | — | ||||
| abessive | pohtimatta | — | ||||
| instructive | pohtiman | pohdittaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | pohtiminen | ||||
| partitive | pohtimista | |||||
| 5th2 | pohtimaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to ponder): miettiä, tuumailla
Derived terms
- nouns: pohdin, pohdinta
- verbs: frequentative pohdiskella