tosi
Finnish
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *toci. Cognate with Estonian tõsi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: to‧si
- IPA(key): [ˈtosi]
Noun
tosi
- truth, reality, real thing
- If not the subject of the clause, this word is seldom inflected. Some of the cases are considered adverbs:
- näyttää toteen = to prove.
- olla totta = to be true.
- ottaa todesta = to take seriously.
- todella = really, very.
- toden teolla = really.
- toden tullen = if push comes to shove, if things really get tough.
- tosiaan = really. (tosia + possessive suffix -an > -nsa)
- tosin = (it's) true.
- Hän on tosin viisaampi.
- True, s/he is wiser.
- Hän on tosin viisaampi.
- tosissaan = serious(ly).
- (as modifier in compound term) real-life
- tositarina ― real-life story
Declension
Inflection of tosi (Kotus type 27/käsi, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | tosi | todet | |
genitive | toden | tosien | |
partitive | totta | tosia | |
illative | toteen | tosiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tosi | todet | |
accusative | nom. | tosi | todet |
gen. | toden | ||
genitive | toden | tosien tottenrare | |
partitive | totta | tosia | |
inessive | todessa | tosissa | |
elative | todesta | tosista | |
illative | toteen | tosiin | |
adessive | todella | tosilla | |
ablative | todelta | tosilta | |
allative | todelle | tosille | |
essive | totena | tosina | |
translative | todeksi | tosiksi | |
instructive | — | tosin | |
abessive | todetta | tositta | |
comitative | — | tosine |
Antonyms
- (true): epätosi
Derived terms
Compounds
compounds
- epätosi
- tosiasia
- tosielämä
- tosijuttu
- tosikertomus
- tosi-kvarkki
- tosimies
- tosipaikka
- tosipohja
- tosiseikka
- tositapa
- tositapaus
- tositarina
- tositarkoitus
- tositoimi
- toteennäyttö
Idioms
- tosi kuin vesi = right as rain
Italian
Verb
tosi
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