vanhus
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom vanha (“old”) + -us; dialectal variant of vanhuus that has become a concrete noun.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvanhus
- senior, old person
- Synonyms: ikäihminen, ikääntynyt, seniori
- Coordinate terms: lapsi (child), nuori (youth), aikuinen (adult)
Declension
editInflection of vanhus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | vanhus | vanhukset | |
genitive | vanhuksen | vanhusten vanhuksien | |
partitive | vanhusta | vanhuksia | |
illative | vanhukseen | vanhuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vanhus | vanhukset | |
accusative | nom. | vanhus | vanhukset |
gen. | vanhuksen | ||
genitive | vanhuksen | vanhusten vanhuksien | |
partitive | vanhusta | vanhuksia | |
inessive | vanhuksessa | vanhuksissa | |
elative | vanhuksesta | vanhuksista | |
illative | vanhukseen | vanhuksiin | |
adessive | vanhuksella | vanhuksilla | |
ablative | vanhukselta | vanhuksilta | |
allative | vanhukselle | vanhuksille | |
essive | vanhuksena | vanhuksina | |
translative | vanhukseksi | vanhuksiksi | |
abessive | vanhuksetta | vanhuksitta | |
instructive | — | vanhuksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “vanhus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Ingrian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *vanhuc, equivalent to vanha (“old”) + -us. Akin to Finnish vanhuus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑnus/, [ˈʋɑnuz̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑnhus/, [ˈʋɑnhuʒ̥]
- Rhymes: -ɑnus, -ɑnhus
- Hyphenation: van‧hus
Noun
editvanhus (uncountable)
Declension
editDeclension of vanhus (type 2/oikehus, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | vanhus | — |
genitive | vanhuen | — |
partitive | vanhutta | — |
illative | vanhuee | — |
inessive | vanhuees | — |
elative | vanhuest | — |
allative | vanhuelle | — |
adessive | vanhueel | — |
ablative | vanhuelt | — |
translative | vanhueks | — |
essive | vanhuenna, vanhueen | — |
exessive1) | vanhuent | — |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References
edit- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 57
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 639
Categories:
- Finnish terms suffixed with -us (association)
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnhus
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnhus/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- fi:Age
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms suffixed with -uus
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑnus
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑnus/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑnhus
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑnhus/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Ingrian uncountable nouns