aivot
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *ajŋe. Cognates include Estonian aju (“brain, mind”), and Hungarian agy (“brain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯ʋot/, [ˈɑi̯ʋo̞t̪]
- Hyphenation: ai‧vot
Declension
| Inflection of aivot (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | aivot | |
| genitive | — | aivojen | |
| partitive | — | aivoja | |
| illative | — | aivoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | — | aivot | |
| accusative | nom. | — | aivot |
| gen. | — | ||
| genitive | — | aivojen | |
| partitive | — | aivoja | |
| inessive | — | aivoissa | |
| elative | — | aivoista | |
| illative | — | aivoihin | |
| adessive | — | aivoilla | |
| ablative | — | aivoilta | |
| allative | — | aivoille | |
| essive | — | aivoina | |
| translative | — | aivoiksi | |
| instructive | — | aivoin | |
| abessive | — | aivoitta | |
| comitative | — | aivoineen | |
Usage notes
- The singular is used in modern standard Finnish only as modifier in compound terms (always in nominative) and in some colloquial/slang expressions, notably in ottaa aivoon (“to piss of, to be pissed off”).
Derived terms
Compounds
- aivoaine
- aivofilmi
- aivohalvaus
- aivohermo
- aivoinvalidi
- aivojenpesu
- aivokalvo
- aivokammio
- aivokapasiteetti
- aivokasvain
- aivokirurgi
- aivokuolema
- aivokuollut
- aivokuori
- aivokurkiainen
- aivokuume
- aivokuva
- aivokuvaus
- aivokäyrä
- aivoleikkaus
- aivolisäke
- aivopaine
- aivopestä
- aivopesu
- aivopuolisko
Karelian
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