neitsyt

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *näic'üt. Cognates include Karelian neičyt (girl, maiden), Veps neitšud, Votic neitsüd (“daughter-in-law, fiancée”), Estonian neitsi and Livonian neitst. Derived as neits- +‎ -yt, probably from the same root as neito. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnei̯tsyt/, [ˈne̞i̯ts̠yt̪] Rhymes: -eitsyt Syllabification(key): neit‧syt Hyphenation(key): neit‧syt === Noun === neitsyt virgin (person, especially a female one, who has never had sexual intercourse) ==== Declension ==== In spoken language, the genitive singular can be neitsyeen and the illative singular neitsyeeseen – these forms are proscribed. This confusion is due to the similarity of the nouns ending in -ue / -ye, like joukkue (“team”) (illative singular joukkueeseen), yhtye (“band, musical group”) (illative singular yhtyeeseen). ==== Synonyms ==== impi ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “neitsyt”, 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 === Anagrams === etsinyt