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sulaa
sulaa
Finnish
(index su)
Adjective
sulaa
- Partitive singular form of sula.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *sula, cognate to Hungarian olvad.
Verb
sulaa (intransitive)
- to melt (to change from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat)
- (figuratively) to dissolve, disperse, vanish.
- Hänen ongelmansa sulivat pois.
- His troubles melted away.
- Hänen ongelmansa sulivat pois.
- (figuratively) to melt (to soften, as by a warming or kindly influence)
Conjugation
| Inflection of sulaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sulan | en sula | 1st sing. | olen sulanut | en ole sulanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sulat | et sula | 2nd sing. | olet sulanut | et ole sulanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sulaa | ei sula | 3rd sing. | on sulanut | ei ole sulanut | |
| 1st plur. | sulamme | emme sula | 1st plur. | olemme sulaneet | emme ole sulaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sulatte | ette sula | 2nd plur. | olette sulaneet | ette ole sulaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sulavat | eivät sula | 3rd plur. | ovat sulaneet | eivät ole sulaneet | |
| passive | suletaan | ei suleta | passive | on sulettu | ei ole sulettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sulin | en sulanut | 1st sing. | olin sulanut | en ollut sulanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sulit | et sulanut | 2nd sing. | olit sulanut | et ollut sulanut | |
| 3rd sing. | suli | ei sulanut | 3rd sing. | oli sulanut | ei ollut sulanut | |
| 1st plur. | sulimme | emme sulaneet | 1st plur. | olimme sulaneet | emme olleet sulaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sulitte | ette sulaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte sulaneet | ette olleet sulaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sulivat | eivät sulaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat sulaneet | eivät olleet sulaneet | |
| passive | sulettiin | ei sulettu | passive | oli sulettu | ei ollut sulettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sulaisin | en sulaisi | 1st sing. | olisin sulanut | en olisi sulanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sulaisit | et sulaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit sulanut | et olisi sulanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sulaisi | ei sulaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi sulanut | ei olisi sulanut | |
| 1st plur. | sulaisimme | emme sulaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme sulaneet | emme olisi sulaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sulaisitte | ette sulaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte sulaneet | ette olisi sulaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sulaisivat | eivät sulaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat sulaneet | eivät olisi sulaneet | |
| passive | sulettaisiin | ei sulettaisi | passive | olisi sulettu | ei olisi sulettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | sula | älä sula | 2nd sing. | ole sulanut | älä ole sulanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sulakoon | älköön sulako | 3rd sing. | olkoon sulanut | älköön olko sulanut | |
| 1st plur. | sulakaamme | älkäämme sulako | 1st plur. | olkaamme sulaneet | älkäämme olko sulaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sulakaa | älkää sulako | 2nd plur. | olkaa sulaneet | älkää olko sulaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sulakoot | älkööt sulako | 3rd plur. | olkoot sulaneet | älkööt olko sulaneet | |
| passive | sulettakoon | älköön sulettako | passive | olkoon sulettu | älköön olko sulettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sulanen | en sulane | 1st sing. | lienen sulanut | en liene sulanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sulanet | et sulane | 2nd sing. | lienet sulanut | et liene sulanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sulanee | ei sulane | 3rd sing. | lienee sulanut | ei liene sulanut | |
| 1st plur. | sulanemme | emme sulane | 1st plur. | lienemme sulaneet | emme liene sulaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sulanette | ette sulane | 2nd plur. | lienette sulaneet | ette liene sulaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sulanevat | eivät sulane | 3rd plur. | lienevät sulaneet | eivät liene sulaneet | |
| passive | sulettaneen | ei sulettane | passive | lienee sulettu | ei liene sulettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | sulaa | present | sulava | sulettava | ||
| long 1st2 | sulaakseen | past | sulanut | sulettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | sulaessa | sulettaessa | agent1, 3 | sulama | |
| instructive | sulaen | — | negative | sulamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | sulamassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | sulamasta | — | ||||
| illative | sulamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | sulamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | sulamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | sulaman | sulettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | sulaminen | ||||
| partitive | sulamista | |||||
| 5th2 | sulamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- verbs: sulattaa (transitive)