hyvä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hüvä (compare Estonian hea, Veps hüvä). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæ/, [ˈhyʋæ] Rhymes: -yʋæ Syllabification(key): hy‧vä Hyphenation(key): hy‧vä === Adjective === hyvä (comparative parempi, superlative paras or parhain or parahin) good Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hyvä good (useful for a particular purpose) Antonyms: huono, kehno good (of high quality) good (competent, skilled, talented) [with inessive or (with verbs) illative of third infinitive ‘at’] hyvä uinnissa / hyvä uimaan ― good at swimming good (effective, that has the desired effect) good (beneficial; worthwhile, helpful) good (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) good (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) Antonym: paha Kaikilla on taito tehdä hyvää. ― Everyone has the ability to do good (deeds). good (healthful, healthy, promoting health) (usually in the translative singular) Antonym: paha olla hyväksi jollekulle ― to be good/healthy for someone Lämmin tee tekee hyvää kurkkukivulle. ― Warm tea is good for a sore throat. good (pleasant, agreeable) Antonym: huono Minun tekee hyvää käydä välillä lenkillä. ― It feels good to take a walk every once a while. good (of food: having a particularly pleasant taste; of a smell: particularly fragrant) Antonym: paha good (favorable, auspicious) Antonyms: huono, paha ei niin pahaa, ettei jotain hyvääkin ― every misfortune has a fortune, every cloud has a silver lining (literally, “nothing so bad that it doesn't have some good”) in good health Antonym: huono good (significant, hefty, e.g. of a sum of money) dear (used in various polite forms of address) hyvä asiakkaamme... ― dear customer... Hyvä lukija! ― Dear reader! Hyvät herrat! ― Gentlemen! happy (used in phrases to wish happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity) Hyvää syntymäpäivää! ― Happy birthday! Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää! ― Happy Independence Day! ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN === Further reading === “hyvä”, 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 1 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hüvä. Cognates include Finnish hyvä and Estonian hüva. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæ/, [ˈhyʋæˑ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæ/, [ˈhyʋæˑ] (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæ/, [ˈhyʋæˑ] Rhymes: -yʋæ Hyphenation: hy‧vä === Adjective === hyvä (comparative paremp) good === Noun === hyvä good, well-being ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “good”): paha ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== paras (“best; favourite”), kurja (“of bad quality”) === References === Fedor Tumansky (1790), “гюва”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679 Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 77 Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 43 Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[3], →ISBN, page 62 == Karelian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *hüvä. Cognates include Finnish hyvä and Estonian hüva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhyʋæ/ Hyphenation: hy‧vä === Adjective === hyvä (genitive hyvän, partitive hyvyä, comparative parempi / parembi, superlative paraš) good ==== Declension ==== === References === A. V. Punzhina (1994), “hüvä”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “хороший”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN