hyvin
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]hyvin (comparative paremmin, superlative parhaiten)
- well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily; in a manner that can be described as good)
- Synonym: (dated or dialectal) hyvästi
- Kiitos kysymästä, voin hyvin.
- Thanks for asking, I'm doing well.
- Kuten hyvin tiedätte, […]
- As you well know […]
- very, well (to a significant degree)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:erittäin
- hyvin kaunis ― very beautiful
- hyvin tunnettu ― well known
Derived terms
[edit]- hyvinjärjestys
- hyvinkin
- hyvinpukeutuva
- hyvinvarustettu
- hyvinvointi
- hyvinvoipa
- hyvinvoiva
- loppu hyvin, kaikki hyvin (“all's well that ends well”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Swedish: hyvens
Adjective
[edit]hyvin
Usage notes
[edit]Superlative of hyvä (“good”) is paras (“best”).
Further reading
[edit]- “hyvin”, 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 2023-07-02
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Instructive plural of hyvä (“good”). Akin to Finnish hyvin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋin/, [ˈhyʋin]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋin/, [ˈhyʋin]
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋin/, [ˈhyʋin]
- Rhymes: -yʋin
- Hyphenation: hy‧vin
Adverb
[edit]hyvin (comparative paremmin)
- well
- 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
- Äänt möötä hyvin saat tolkku kual loppuu meeli.
- Based on the sound you have a good understanding where a thought ends.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 76
- Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 43
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