terävä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *teräbä. Equivalent to terä (“blade, edge”) +‎ -vä (adjective-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈteræʋæ/, [ˈt̪e̞ræʋæ] Rhymes: -eræʋæ Syllabification(key): te‧rä‧vä Hyphenation(key): te‧rä‧vä === Adjective === terävä (comparative terävämpi, superlative terävin) sharp (able to cut or pierce easily) Antonyms: tylppä, tylsä terävä nuolenpää ― a sharp arrowhead sharp, crisp (of something heard or seen: clearly defined) (figuratively) smart, clever, bright, quick-witted, witty, sharp Synonyms: nokkela, älykäs, (colloquial) fiksu Antonym: tyhmä (figuratively) stinging, pungent, acerbic, biting, sharp (of flavour or other sensations) Synonyms: pistävä, kirpeä, viiltävä terävä ääni ― a sharp noise (figuratively) stinging, pungent, acerbic, biting, sharp (particularly severe, often of criticism) Synonyms: pistävä, pureva terävä arvostelu ― sharp criticism (geometry) acute (of an angle, less than 90 degrees) Antonym: tylppä (botany) acute (of the tip or base of a leaf, pointed, having a short sharp apex angled less than 90°) Antonym: tylppä (mathematics) crisp (of logic, sets, etc.: not fuzzy) Antonym: sumea ==== Declension ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== lehtimuoto ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “terävä”, 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 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *teräbä. Cognates include Finnish terävä and Estonian terav. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈteræʋæ/, [ˈte̞ræˑʋ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈteræːʋæ/, [ˈte̞rˑæːʋæ] Rhymes: -eræʋ, -eræːʋæ Hyphenation: te‧rä‧vä === Adjective === terävä (comparative terävämp) pointy, sharp (geometry) acute ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== (sharp): tyltsä, nyrhi, tylppä === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 582