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väittää

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vägittädäk, equivalent to vä(k)i- (force) + -ittää. Cognate with Estonian väitma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋæi̯tːæːˣ/, [ˈʋæi̯t̪ːæː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -æitːæː
  • Syllabification(key): väit‧tää
  • Hyphenation(key): väit‧tää

Verb

väittää (intransitive or transitive, usually atelic)

  1. to claim, contend, assert, argue, maintain, allege [(with nominals) with translative; or (with verbs) with genitive or possessive form of present or past active participle ‘to do/have done’]
    Heidän väitetään tappaneen lemmikkinsä.
    They are alleged to have killed their pets.
    They allegedly killed their pets.
    Väitätkö minua varkaaksi?
    Are you claiming that I'm a thief?
  2. to plead, allege, claim, maintain (to offer by way of excuse)
    Synonyms: sanoa, selittää
    Koska en halunnut osallistua bankettiin, väitin olevani sairas.
    Not wishing to attend the banquet, I pleaded illness.
    Et voi puolustautua väittämällä, että noudatit vain ohjeita.
    It is no defence to plead that you were only obeying orders.
  3. (logic) to predicate (assert or state as an attribute or quality of something)

Conjugation

More information indicative mood, present tense ...

Derived terms

  • väittää kivenkovaan (to insist (to hold up a claim emphatically))

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vägittädäk. Cognates include Finnish väittää (to alledge) and Estonian väita (to alledge).

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋæi̯tːæː/, [ˈʋæi̯tːæ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋæi̯tːæː/, [ˈʋæi̯tːæː]
  • Rhymes: -æi̯tːæː
  • Hyphenation: väit‧tää

Verb

väittää

  1. (transitive) to pull
  2. (transitive) to bring by driving

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (type 2/kirjuttaa, tt-t gradation), Indikativa ...

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 683
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