päättää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *päättädäk, equivalent to pää (“head, end”) +‎ -ttää. (to decide, choose; to conclude): Probably a semantic loan from Swedish besluta (from sluta (“to stop, finish”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpæːtːæːˣ/, [ˈpæːt̪ːæː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -æːtːæː Syllabification(key): päät‧tää Hyphenation(key): päät‧tää === Verb === päättää (transitive) to end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close päättää koulunkäynti ― to leave/finish education, graduate and/or drop out (transitive) to tie off, fasten, cast off (a thread, etc.) (transitive) to decide, choose [with elative ‘on, about’; or with first infinitive ‘to do’] (transitive) to judge, infer, conclude Synonym: päätellä päättää asia vastaajan eduksi ― to rule in favor of the defendant ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “päättää”, 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