juuri
التعريفات والمعاني
== Estonian ==
=== Noun ===
juuri
partitive plural of juur
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Proto-Finnic *juuri (compare Estonian juur), from Proto-Finno-Permic *jowre (compare Erzya юр (jur)).
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈjuːri/, [ˈjuːri]
Rhymes: -uːri
Syllabification(key): juu‧ri
Hyphenation(key): juu‧ri
==== Noun ====
juuri
root (of a plant, hair, tooth, etc.)
foot, base (base or bottom of anything; when in the locative cases, often the area right next to that base or bottom, such as the foot of a mountain)
(figuratively) cause, origin, tradition
Synonyms: syy, lähde, alkuperä
ellipsis of taikinajuuri (“starter dough”)
(mathematics) root (inverse of a power, e.g. square root)
(mathematical analysis) zero, root (of a function)
Synonym: nollakohta
(linguistics) root, word root
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
==== Further reading ====
“1. juuri”, 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 10 February 2025
=== Etymology 2 ===
juuri (“root”) + -i (i-lative singular); literally, “to the root”
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈjuːri/, [ˈjuːri]
Rhymes: -uːri
Syllabification(key): juu‧ri
Hyphenation(key): juu‧ri
==== Adverb ====
juuri (not comparable)
right, just, exactly, precisely
Synonyms: tismalleen, täsmälleen
juuri niin ― just right
juuri nyt ― right now
just now; very close to now, either presently, (very) recently or (very) shortly, just about
Synonyms: (presently) juuri nyt, (just now, very recently) äsken
(chiefly in the negative) hardly, (not) that much, (not) that many
barely, just barely, just about
Synonyms: hädin tuskin, nipin napin, juuri ja juuri
===== Derived terms =====
==== Further reading ====
“2. juuri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 10 February 2025
=== Etymology 3 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈjuːri/, [ˈjuːri] (third-person indicative)
IPA(key): /ˈjuːriˣ/, [ˈjuːri(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
Rhymes: -uːri
Syllabification(key): juu‧ri
Hyphenation(key): juu‧ri
==== Verb ====
juuri
inflection of juuria:
third-person singular past indicative
present active indicative connegative
second-person singular present imperative
second-person singular present active imperative connegative
== Ingrian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *juuri. Cognates include Finnish juuri and Estonian juur.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈjuːri/, [ˈjuːrʲ]
(Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈjuːri/, [ˈjuːri]
Rhymes: -uːrʲ, -uːri
Hyphenation: juu‧ri
=== Noun ===
juuri
root
(in the plural) roots, ancestry
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
Fedor Tumansky (1790), “юри”, 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 683
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 112
== Karelian ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Proto-Finnic *juuri. Cognates include Finnish juuri and Veps jurʹ.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈjuːri/
Hyphenation: juu‧ri
==== Noun ====
juuri (genitive juuren, partitive juurta)
root
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From juuri + -i. Cognate with Finnish juuri.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈjuːri/
Hyphenation: juu‧ri
==== Adverb ====
juuri
exactly, precisely
=== References ===
A. V. Punzhina (1994), “juuri”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “juuri”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 42
Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “juuri”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[4], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
== Mayo ==
=== Noun ===
juuri
white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
=== References ===
Collard, Howard; Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984), Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)[5] (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 103, 157
== Votic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *juuri.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈjuːri/, [ˈʝuːrʲi]
(Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈjuːri/, [ˈʝuːrʲi]
(Central Votic) IPA(key): /ˈjuːri/, [ˈʝuːri]
(Eastern Votic) IPA(key): /ˈjuːri/, [ˈʝuːri]
Rhymes: -uːri
Hyphenation: juu‧ri
=== Noun ===
juuri
root
==== Inflection ====
=== References ===
Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “juuri”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language][6], 2nd edition, Tallinn