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hylätä

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Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hülgäit'äk (compare Ingrian hylätä, Ludian hülgäitä, Veps hül’gäita).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhylætæˣ/, [ˈhylæt̪æ(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ylætæ
  • Syllabification(key): hy‧lä‧tä
  • Hyphenation(key): hy‧lä‧tä

Verb

hylätä (transitive)

  1. to reject, turn down, discard (e.g. a plan)
  2. to refuse, turn away (e.g. a person proposing something)
  3. to abandon, desert, leave (e.g. one's spouse, child)
  4. to abandon, forsake, renounce (e.g. principles)
  5. to give up, dismiss (e.g. a thought)
  6. to fail, flunk (in a test at school)
  7. (law) to dismiss, disallow, throw out (e.g. charges); to overrule (a protest at a court)
  8. (law) to defeat (a law proposal)
  9. (sports) to disqualify (a result, a competitor)
  10. (logic) to discharge (an assumption)
  11. to write off (declare as a total loss)

Conjugation

More information indicative mood, present tense ...

Derived terms

Further reading

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hülgäit'äk. Cognates include Finnish hylätä and Veps hülgäita.

Pronunciation

Verb

hylätä

  1. (transitive) to abandon
  2. (transitive) to take off (clothing)
  3. (transitive) to reject (a person)
  4. (auxiliary + 3rd infinitive in elative) to stop, to cease
    • 1934, V. I. Junus, Lukukirja inkeroisia oppikoteja vart (neljäs klassa), Leningrad: Riikin Izdatelstvo Kirja, page 8:
      Siint ajast pappi hylkäis pocivoittamast trengille yhel kerraal suurust, lounatta ja iltaist.
      Ever since, the priest stopped treating the farmhand at once with breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (type 16/maata, k- gradation), Indikativa ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Votic: hülgete

References

  • 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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