vessa
See also: Vessa
Catalan
Verb
vessa
- third-person singular present indicative form of vessar
- second-person singular imperative form of vessar
Finnish
Etymology
Irregularly derived from WC (which is usually read veesee).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋesːɑ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠ːɑ]
- Rhymes: -esːɑ
- Syllabification(key): ves‧sa
Noun
vessa
- toilet (room or seat)
- Synonym: see Thesaurus:vessa
- vetää vessa ― to flush the toilet
Usage notes
- The word, while now standard, was once considered colloquial, though never vulgar. If one wants to be absolutely safe, miestenhuone (“men's room”) and naistenhuone (“ladies' room”) may be used.
Declension
| Inflection of vessa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vessa | vessat | |
| genitive | vessan | vessojen | |
| partitive | vessaa | vessoja | |
| illative | vessaan | vessoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vessa | vessat | |
| accusative | nom. | vessa | vessat |
| gen. | vessan | ||
| genitive | vessan | vessojen vessainrare | |
| partitive | vessaa | vessoja | |
| inessive | vessassa | vessoissa | |
| elative | vessasta | vessoista | |
| illative | vessaan | vessoihin | |
| adessive | vessalla | vessoilla | |
| ablative | vessalta | vessoilta | |
| allative | vessalle | vessoille | |
| essive | vessana | vessoina | |
| translative | vessaksi | vessoiksi | |
| instructive | — | vessoin | |
| abessive | vessatta | vessoitta | |
| comitative | — | vessoineen | |
| Possessive forms of vessa (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | vessani | vessamme |
| 2nd person | vessasi | vessanne |
| 3rd person | vessansa | |
Anagrams
- saves
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: vessas, vessât
Verb
vessa
- third-person singular past historic of vesser
Italian
Verb
vessa
- inflection of vessare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀯𑁂𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- वेस्स (Devanagari script)
- ৰেস্স (Bengali script)
- වෙස්ස (Sinhalese script)
- ဝေဿ or ဝေသ်သ (Burmese script)
- เวสฺส or เวสสะ (Thai script)
- ᩅᩮᩔ (Tai Tham script)
- ເວສ຺ສ or ເວສສະ (Lao script)
- វេស្ស (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄬𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)
Etymology
From Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya).
Noun
vessa m
- a Vaishya
Declension
Declension table of "vessa" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | vesso | vessā |
| Accusative (second) | vessaṃ | vesse |
| Instrumental (third) | vessena | vessehi or vessebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | vessassa or vessāya or vessatthaṃ | vessānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | vessasmā or vessamhā or vessā | vessehi or vessebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | vessassa | vessānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | vessasmiṃ or vessamhi or vesse | vessesu |
| Vocative (calling) | vessa | vessā |
References
- Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 564.