Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

istuin

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈistui̯n/, [ˈis̠tui̯n]
  • Rhymes: -istuin
  • Syllabification(key): is‧tuin
  • Hyphenation(key): is‧tuin

Etymology 1

istua (to sit) + -in (instrumental noun suffix)

Noun

istuin

  1. seat (piece of furniture made for sitting)
    etuistuinfront seat
  2. see (office of a high cleric)
    paavinistuinpapal see
    Pyhä IstuinHoly See
  3. (in compounds) sitting
    Synonym: istuma-
    istuinalustasitting pad
    istuinpaikkasitting place, seat
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

istuin

  1. first-person singular past indicative of istua

Anagrams

Remove ads

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads