haista

From Proto-Finnic *haistak. Related to Estonian haistma, Ingrian haissa (“to stink, to smell”), Livvi haižuo (“to stink”), Veps haišta and Votic aizõa (“to stink, to smell”). Probably ultimately derived from Proto-Finnic *haja- (whence haja- and haju (“smell”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯stɑˣ/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑistɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hais‧ta

haista

1. (intransitive) to smell, to have a smell/scent/odor (+ ablative/allative); to stink

   Nämä kukat haisevat hyviltä.

   These flowers smell good.

   Hyi, miten tämä huone haisee (pahalta)!

   Yuck, this room stinks!

2. (figuratively) to smell like, stink, reek of

   Täällä haisee raha.

   This place reeks of money.

The word tuoksu (“smell”) and its derivatives are often associated with pleasant odors and haju (“smell”) with unpleasant ones, but the distinction is not clear-cut. There is also löyhkä (“stench”) which is always unpleasant.

• (to smell, have a smell): tuoksua

• (antonym(s) of “to stink, smell bad”): tuoksua

• haisu
• haaska (“carcass”)

• “haista”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯stɑˣ/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑistɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hais‧ta

haista

1. inflection of haistaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯stɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑistɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hais‧ta

haista

1. elative singular/plural of hai

• hitsaa, sihtaa