lahja

== Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *laiha, of Baltic origin; compare Lithuanian liesas and Latvian liess. Cognate to Finnish laiha. === Adjective === lahja (genitive lahja, partitive lahjat, comparative lahjem, superlative kõige lahjem) lean, thin, skinny lean, low-fat ~ liha : lean meat lean, poor, thin (short of some essential element) ~ kohv : thin coffee ~ maa : lean soil, poor soil (of a color) pale ~ sinine : pale blue (figuratively) lean ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (lean, skinny): kõhn, kondine (of land: lean): väheviljakas ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “lean, skinny”): lihav, priske, rammus (antonym(s) of “lean, low-fat”): rasvane, rammus (antonym(s) of “of drink: thin”): kange == Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *lahja, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛒᛚᚨᚺᛃᛟ (*blahjo), from Proto-Germanic *blahjōn (“sheet, cloth”) (compare Icelandic blæja (“veil”)). Cognates include Votic lahjõ (“wedding gift”) and Ingrian lahja (“gift”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɑhjɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝xjɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑhjɑ Syllabification(key): lah‧ja Hyphenation(key): lah‧ja === Noun === lahja present, gift (figuratively) talent, gift ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “lahja”, 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 *lahja. Cognates include Finnish lahja and Veps lahj. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈlɑhjɑ/, [ˈɫɑhi] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlɑhjɑ/, [ˈɫɑɣ̥jɑ] Rhymes: -ɑhj, -ɑhjɑ Hyphenation: lah‧ja === Noun === lahja gift, present (specifically) wedding gift ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (gift): podarka ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Fedor Tumansky (1790), “лагай”, 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 687 Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 243