surettaa

Finnish

Etymology

sure- +‎ -ttaa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuretːɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠ure̞t̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uretːɑː
• Syllabification^(key): su‧ret‧taa
• Hyphenation^(key): su‧ret‧taa

Verb

surettaa

1. (transitive, usually atelic) to grieve, to sadden, to make sad
2. (impersonal + partitive) to feel sad, to be saddened

Conjugation

Mostly only used in the third person.

Inflection of surettaa (Kotus type 53*C/muistaa, tt-t gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		suretan	en sureta	1st sing.	olen surettanut	en ole surettanut
2nd sing.		suretat	et sureta	2nd sing.	olet surettanut	et ole surettanut
3rd sing.		surettaa	ei sureta	3rd sing.	on surettanut	ei ole surettanut
1st plur.		suretamme	emme sureta	1st plur.	olemme surettaneet	emme ole surettaneet
2nd plur.		suretatte	ette sureta	2nd plur.	olette surettaneet	ette ole surettaneet
3rd plur.		surettavat	eivät sureta	3rd plur.	ovat surettaneet	eivät ole surettaneet
passive		suretetaan	ei sureteta	passive	on suretettu	ei ole suretettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		suretin	en surettanut	1st sing.	olin surettanut	en ollut surettanut
2nd sing.		suretit	et surettanut	2nd sing.	olit surettanut	et ollut surettanut
3rd sing.		suretti	ei surettanut	3rd sing.	oli surettanut	ei ollut surettanut
1st plur.		suretimme	emme surettaneet	1st plur.	olimme surettaneet	emme olleet surettaneet
2nd plur.		suretitte	ette surettaneet	2nd plur.	olitte surettaneet	ette olleet surettaneet
3rd plur.		surettivat	eivät surettaneet	3rd plur.	olivat surettaneet	eivät olleet surettaneet
passive		suretettiin	ei suretettu	passive	oli suretettu	ei ollut suretettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		surettaisin	en surettaisi	1st sing.	olisin surettanut	en olisi surettanut
2nd sing.		surettaisit	et surettaisi	2nd sing.	olisit surettanut	et olisi surettanut
3rd sing.		surettaisi	ei surettaisi	3rd sing.	olisi surettanut	ei olisi surettanut
1st plur.		surettaisimme	emme surettaisi	1st plur.	olisimme surettaneet	emme olisi surettaneet
2nd plur.		surettaisitte	ette surettaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte surettaneet	ette olisi surettaneet
3rd plur.		surettaisivat	eivät surettaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat surettaneet	eivät olisi surettaneet
passive		suretettaisiin	ei suretettaisi	passive	olisi suretettu	ei olisi suretettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		sureta	älä sureta	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		surettakoon	älköön surettako	3rd sing.	olkoon surettanut	älköön olko surettanut
1st plur.		surettakaamme	älkäämme surettako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		surettakaa	älkää surettako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		surettakoot	älkööt surettako	3rd plur.	olkoot surettaneet	älkööt olko surettaneet
passive		suretettakoon	älköön suretettako	passive	olkoon suretettu	älköön olko suretettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		surettanen	en surettane	1st sing.	lienen surettanut	en liene surettanut
2nd sing.		surettanet	et surettane	2nd sing.	lienet surettanut	et liene surettanut
3rd sing.		surettanee	ei surettane	3rd sing.	lienee surettanut	ei liene surettanut
1st plur.		surettanemme	emme surettane	1st plur.	lienemme surettaneet	emme liene surettaneet
2nd plur.		surettanette	ette surettane	2nd plur.	lienette surettaneet	ette liene surettaneet
3rd plur.		surettanevat	eivät surettane	3rd plur.	lienevät surettaneet	eivät liene surettaneet
passive		suretettaneen	ei suretettane	passive	lienee suretettu	ei liene suretettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		surettaa		present	surettava	suretettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st surettaakseni surettaaksemme 2nd surettaaksesi surettaaksenne 3rd surettaakseen surettaaksensa		past	surettanut	suretettu
2nd	inessive2	surettaessa	suretettaessa	agent4	surettama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st surettaessani surettaessamme 2nd surettaessasi surettaessanne 3rd surettaessaan surettaessansa		negative	surettamaton
	instructive	surettaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. * The third-person singular indicative form surettaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	surettamassa	—
	elative	surettamasta	—
	illative	surettamaan	—
	adessive	surettamalla	—
	abessive	surettamatta	—
	instructive	surettaman	suretettaman
4th3	verbal noun	surettaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st surettamaisillani surettamaisillamme 2nd surettamaisillasi surettamaisillanne 3rd surettamaisillaan surettamaisillansa

Derived terms

• surettaminen

Further reading

• “surettaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• retustaa