vanhus
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom vanha (“old”) + -us; dialectal variant of vanhuus that has become a concrete noun.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑnhus/, [ˈʋɑ̝nhus̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑnhus
- Syllabification(key): van‧hus
- Hyphenation(key): van‧hus
Noun
editvanhus
- senior, old person, elderly person
- Synonyms: ikäihminen, ikääntynyt, seniori
- Coordinate terms: lapsi (child), nuori (youth), aikuinen (adult)
Declension
edit| Inflection of vanhus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 4 July 2023
Ingrian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *vanhuc, equivalent to vanha (“old”) + -us. Akin to Finnish vanhuus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑnus/, [ˈʋɑnuˑz̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑnhus/, [ˈʋɑnɣ̥uʒ̥]
- Rhymes: -ɑnus, -ɑnhus
- Hyphenation: van‧hus
Noun
editvanhus (uncountable)
Declension
edit| Declension of vanhus (type 2/oikehus, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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