puhdas

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *puhtas (compare Estonian puhas, Karelian puhaš, Veps puhtaz), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *puHtás (compare Sanskrit पूत (pūta)), from Proto-Indo-European *puH-tó-s (“clean”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpuhdɑs/, [ˈpuxdɑ̝s̠] Rhymes: -uhdɑs Syllabification(key): puh‧das Hyphenation(key): puh‧das === Adjective === puhdas (comparative puhtaampi, superlative puhtain) clean; neat, tidy (not dirty) Synonyms: puhtoinen, siisti Antonyms: likainen, epäpuhdas, epäsiisti, saastainen, sotkuinen, sottainen clear, unpolluted (not polluted) Synonym: saastumaton Antonym: saastunut clear, clean, innocent (free of guilt) Synonym: viaton (“innocent”) pure, undiluted, absolute, neat; sweet; entire (unadulterated; free from extraneous elements) Synonym: pelkkä puhdas kulta ― pure gold puhdas alkoholi ― absolute alcohol net (with all deductions or allowances made) Synonym: netto puhdas voitto ― net profit naked (without decoration, put bluntly) Synonyms: raaka, paljas sheer (being only what it seems to be) Synonyms: pelkkä, silkka (music) perfect (interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones) (sciences) pure (done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== pohtia === References === Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN === Further reading === “puhdas”, 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