verta
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *vërta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy”). Doublet of väärti and vörtti.
Noun
[edit]verta
- (archaic) match (equal or superior in comparison) (now mostly used in a number of idiomatic expressions)
- (in expressions) extent, degree
- minkä verran ― to what extent
- sen verran, että... ― to the extent that...
Declension
[edit]Most cases are not used in practice; the only common ones are verta, verran, vertaa, vertoja and verroin.
Inflection of verta (Kotus type 9*K/kala, rt-rr gradation) | |||
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nominative | verta | verrat | |
genitive | verran | vertojen | |
partitive | vertaa | vertoja | |
illative | vertaan | vertoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | verta | verrat | |
accusative | nom. | verta | verrat |
gen. | verran | ||
genitive | verran | vertojen vertain rare | |
partitive | vertaa | vertoja | |
inessive | verrassa | verroissa | |
elative | verrasta | verroista | |
illative | vertaan | vertoihin | |
adessive | verralla | verroilla | |
ablative | verralta | verroilta | |
allative | verralle | verroille | |
essive | vertana | vertoina | |
translative | verraksi | verroiksi | |
abessive | verratta | verroitta | |
instructive | — | verroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Postposition
[edit]verta [with genitive]
- (colloquial or dialectal) Synonym of verran
Further reading
[edit]- “verta”, 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
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]verta
Usage notes
[edit]- This form is irregular. A regular form would have a front vowel (**vertä) according to vowel harmony.
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]verta
- inflection of verter:
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *vërta. Cognates include Finnish verta and Estonian võrd.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋertɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rt]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋertɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rd̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ert, -ertɑ
- Hyphenation: ver‧ta
Noun
[edit]verta (genitive verran, partitive vertaa)
Usage notes
[edit]- Almost exclusively used in the genitive and partitive singular.
- Verta is often used with a determiner in the genitive-accusative. In that case, the noun's case doesn't have to match with the determiner's:
- yhen verran ― an equal amount
- kahen verran ― two parts
- jonkun verran ― to some extent
- sen verran / vertaa ― so much
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 654
Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]verta
- inflection of vertere:
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- verte (e and split infinitive)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verta (present tense vert, past tense vart, past participle vorte, passive infinitive vertast, present participle vertande, imperative vert)
- to become
- Problemet vil verta større etter kvart.
- The problem will become larger as time passes.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “verta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]verta
- inflection of verter:
Venetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the feminine of verto, past participle of vèrzar (“to open”). Compare Friulian vierte.
Noun
[edit]verta f (plural verte)
Categories:
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ertɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ertɑ/2 syllables
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- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ert
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ert/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ertɑ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ertɑ/2 syllables
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