vahva (genitivevahva,partitivevahvat,comparativevahvam,superlativekõige vahvam)

1. brave,courageous,valiant

   Synonym:vapper

2. awesome,great,wonderful

   Synonyms:tubli,tore,äge,kift

   täitsa vahva kutt – a realy awesom friend

   See oleks vahva! – It would be great!

FromProto-Finnic*vahva (compareEstonianvahva).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑhʋɑ/,[ˈʋɑ̝xʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes:-ɑhʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key):vah‧va
• Hyphenation^(key):vah‧va

vahva (comparativevahvempi,superlativevahvin)

1. strong,powerful(capable of exerting or withstanding great physical force; possessing power, might, or strength)

   Synonym:voimakas

   Antonym:heikko

   vahva mies ―astrong man

   vahva magneetti ―astrong magnet

   vahva asema ―astrong position

   ollavahvoilla ―to bein a strong position, have the edge

2. strong(capable of withstanding great physical force)

   Synonyms:luja,kestävä,tukeva,vankka

   Antonym:heikko

   vahva liitos ―astrong joint

   vahva kangas ―astrong fabric

3. strong(highly stimulating to the senses)

   Synonyms:väkevä,tuikea,tuju,tymäkkä,voimakas,kipakka(smell and taste),kova(hearing),(slang)stydi

4. strong,powerful(having a powerful effect, as of a chemical; not dilute; containing the active ingredient in great quantity)

   vahva lääke ―astrong medicine

   vahva kahvi ―strong coffee

5. strong,convincing(e.g. of evidence)

   Antonym:heikko

6. thick,sturdy(of a layer of material such as a wall or fabric; not thin or fragile)

   Antonym:heikko

7. strong(determined; unyielding)

   Synonym:luja

8. rich(e.g. of soil: containing large amounts of nutrients)
9. thick,dense(e.g. of hair or smoke)
10. (chemistry)strong(that completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution)

    Antonym:heikko

11. (grammar)strong(fortis, of a grade in consonant gradation)

    Antonym:heikko

12. (grammar)strong(inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs)

    Antonym:heikko

• “vahva”, inKielitoimiston 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–, retrieved4 July 2023

FromProto-Finnic*vahva. Cognates includeFinnishvahva andEstonianvahva.

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑhʋɑ/,[ˈʋɑhʋ]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑhʋɑ/,[ˈʋɑɣ̥ʋɑ]
• Rhymes:-ɑhʋ,-ɑhʋɑ
• Hyphenation:vah‧va

vahva (comparativevahvemp)

1. strong
2. (grammar)strong

   vahva steeppeni ―strong grade

   • 1936, V. I. Junus,Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page20:

     Vahvan steeppenin t vaihtui l-aa.

     The t of thestrong grade is changed into an l.

3. (phonology)primary

   vahva paino ―primary stress

   • 1936, V. I. Junus,Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page11:

     Paino voip ollaavahva,poolivahva, jaslaaboi, siis sitä voip sannoa i painottomaks.

     Stress can beprimary,secondary, andtertiary, thus this can also be called unstressed.

• (having physical strength): SeeThesaurus:vahva

• (grammar):slaaboi
• (having physical strength): SeeThesaurus:heikko

• (phonology):poolivahva,slaaboi

• V. I. Junus (1936),Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page57
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971),Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page630
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014),Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[5],→ISBN, page76

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