erittäin

== Finnish == === Etymology === eri +‎ -ttäin (distributive plural). Equivalently, from the second infinitive instructive of erittää (“to specify”) (standard erittäen), and erittäin is very likely one of the prototypes for the -ttain suffix in general. Semantic evolution seems to run from senses 3-to-2-to-1. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeritːæi̯n/, [ˈe̞rit̪ːæi̯n] Rhymes: -eritːæin Syllabification(key): e‧rit‧täin Hyphenation(key): erit‧täin === Adverb === erittäin (not comparable) very, extremely Synonyms: hyvin, niin, oikein, todella, tosi, (dated) kovin, see also melko (dated) in particular, particularly Synonym: erityisesti (rare) synonym of eritellen (“specifying, allocating”) ==== Derived terms ==== erittäinkin === Further reading === “erittäin”, in Kielitoimiston 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–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *erei (“away”) +‎ -ttäin. Akin to Finnish erittäin. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈeritːæi̯n/, [ˈe̞riˑtːən] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈeritːæi̯n/, [ˈe̞riˑtːæi̯n] Rhymes: -eritːæi̯n Hyphenation: e‧rit‧täin === Adverb === erittäin synonym of erillää ==== Related terms ==== See eri === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 35