vessa
Catalan
Verb
vessaCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#VESSACategory:Catalan verb forms#VESSACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#VESSACategory:Pages with entries#VESSACategory:Pages with 5 entries#VESSA
- inflection of vessar:
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋesːɑ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠ːɑ̝]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#VESSACategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#VESSA
- Rhymes: -esːɑCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/esːɑ#VESSACategory:Rhymes:Finnish/esːɑ/2 syllables#VESSA
- Syllabification(key): ves‧sa
- Hyphenation(key): ves‧sa
Noun
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- toilet (room or seat)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vessa
- vetää vessa ― to flush the toiletCategory:Finnish terms with collocations#VESSA
Usage notes
- The word, while now standard, was once considered colloquial, though never vulgar. If one wants to be absolutely safe, miestenhuone (“men's room”) and naistenhuone (“ladies' room”) may be used.
Declension
| Inflection of vessa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vessa | vessat | |
| genitive | vessan | vessojen | |
| partitive | vessaa | vessoja | |
| illative | vessaan | vessoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vessa | vessat | |
| accusative | nom. | vessa | vessat |
| gen. | vessan | ||
| genitive | vessan | vessojen vessain rare | |
| partitive | vessaa | vessoja | |
| inessive | vessassa | vessoissa | |
| elative | vessasta | vessoista | |
| illative | vessaan | vessoihin | |
| adessive | vessalla | vessoilla | |
| ablative | vessalta | vessoilta | |
| allative | vessalle | vessoille | |
| essive | vessana | vessoina | |
| translative | vessaksi | vessoiksi | |
| abessive | vessatta | vessoitta | |
| instructive | — | vessoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vessa”, 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 4 July 2023
Anagrams
Category:fi:Rooms#VESSAFrench
Pronunciation
Verb
vessaCategory:French non-lemma forms#VESSACategory:French verb forms#VESSACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#VESSACategory:Pages with entries#VESSACategory:Pages with 5 entries#VESSA
Italian
Verb
vessaCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#VESSACategory:Italian verb forms#VESSACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#VESSACategory:Pages with entries#VESSACategory:Pages with 5 entries#VESSA
- inflection of vessare:
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
From SanskritCategory:Pali terms derived from Sanskrit#VESSA वैश्य (vaiśya).
Noun
vessa m (feminine vessī or vesī)Category:Pali lemmas#VESSACategory:Pali nouns#VESSACategory:Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents#VESSACategory:Pali nouns in Latin script#VESSACategory:Pali entries with incorrect language header#VESSACategory:Pali masculine nouns#VESSACategory:Pages with entries#VESSACategory:Pages with 5 entries#VESSA
- a Vaishya
Declension
| Case / Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | vesso | vessā |
| Accusative (second) | vessaṃ | vesse |
| Instrumental (third) | vessena | vessehi or vessebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | vessassa or vessāya or vessatthaṃ | vessānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | vessasmā or vessamhā or vessā | vessehi or vessebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | vessassa | vessānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | vessasmiṃ or vessamhi or vesse | vessesu |
| Vocative (calling) | vessa | vessā |
References
- Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 564.
Further reading
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “vessa”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead