mädäntyä

== Finnish == === Alternative forms === mätääntyä (dialectal) === Etymology === From mädätä (“to rot”) +‎ -tyä. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmædæntyæˣ/, [ˈmædæn̪ˌt̪yæ(ʔ)] Rhymes: -yæ Syllabification(key): mä‧dän‧ty‧ä Hyphenation(key): mä‧dän‧tyä === Verb === mädäntyä (intransitive) to decompose, rot Synonym: mädätä to putrefy, to produce puss or bile Synonym: mädätä Hypernyms: maatua (“to decompose”), pilaantua (“to spoil”) Coordinate term: lahota to degenerate, rot, decay, corrupt (metaphorically) Synonyms: degeneroitua, mädätä, rappeutua ==== Usage notes ==== (decompose, rot): The verb maatua means "to decompose" in general, whereas its hyponyms mädätä and mädäntyä mean "to decompose (in anaerobic circumstances)" and lahota means "to decompose (in aerobic circumstances)". (degenerate, rot, decay, corrupt): The verb is quite empathetic and polemic compared to its synonyms. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== mädättää mätiä === Further reading === “mädäntyä”, 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 3 July 2023