särmä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *särmä, according to Aikio (2020) equivalent to särkeä (“to break”) +‎ -mä. Cognate with Estonian särme and Veps särm, särmaine. Probably originally "strip, band, ribbon", later "(sharp) edge". Modern geometry sense was given to it by Finnish physician and author Samuel Roos. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsærmæ/, [ˈs̠ærmæ] Rhymes: -ærmæ Syllabification(key): sär‧mä Hyphenation(key): sär‧mä === Noun === särmä edge, arris (boundary line of a surface; sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces) (geometry) edge (1D polytope, joining line between two vertices of a polygon) (graph theory) (undirected) edge (architecture) arris (figuratively) courage, nerve, chutzpah (especially in the partitive singular) Synonym: kantti (figuratively) charm, personality (especially in the partitive singular) Synonym: luonne ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “särmä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (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