aarre
See also: Aarre
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *ardëh (compare Karelian uarreh, Livvi arreh, Ludian ardeh), of unknown further origin; uncertain connections to aarni and Proto-Germanic *arþiz (“farmland”), latter assuming a semantic shift "farmland" > "crop yield" > "treasure":
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaarre
- treasure
- treasure trove (hidden treasure, subsequently discovered)
- treasure trove (valuable discovery)
Declension
editInflection of aarre (Kotus type 48*K/hame, rt-rr gradation) | |||
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nominative | aarre | aarteet | |
genitive | aarteen | aarteiden aarteitten | |
partitive | aarretta | aarteita | |
illative | aarteeseen | aarteisiin aarteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | aarre | aarteet | |
accusative | nom. | aarre | aarteet |
gen. | aarteen | ||
genitive | aarteen | aarteiden aarteitten | |
partitive | aarretta | aarteita | |
inessive | aarteessa | aarteissa | |
elative | aarteesta | aarteista | |
illative | aarteeseen | aarteisiin aarteihin | |
adessive | aarteella | aarteilla | |
ablative | aarteelta | aarteilta | |
allative | aarteelle | aarteille | |
essive | aarteena | aarteina | |
translative | aarteeksi | aarteiksi | |
abessive | aarteetta | aarteitta | |
instructive | — | aartein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (treasure trove): aarrelöytö
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “aarre”, 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 2023-07-01