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harja

  1. genitive singular of hari
  2. partitive singular of hari
  3. illative singular of hari

From Proto-Finnic *harja (compare Estonian hari, Karelian harja, Livvi harju), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian šerys).[1]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑrjɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝rjɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrjɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): har‧ja

harja

  1. brush (implement consisting of multiple bristles or other filaments)
  2. brush (piece of conductive material, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine)
  3. mane (longer hair growth e.g. on back of neck of a horse or around head of a male lion)
  4. crest (tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head)
  5. crest (upper curve of a horse's neck)
  6. crest (ridge or top of a wave)
  7. crest, chine (summit of a hill or mountain ridge)
  8. arête (sharp edge of a mountain ridge)
  9. ridge (highest point on a roof)
  10. (curling) broom, sweeper (implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further)
  • (brush, as implement): suka
  • (fleshy growth): heltta (a flexible one, such)

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  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “harja”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
Hepoisel ono vaalia harja (1).
Kukol ono punain harja (2).
Harja (3).

From Proto-Finnic *harja. Cognates include Finnish harja and Estonian hari.

harja

  1. mane
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 52:

      Kullileva imikost erittäijää sil, jot kulliil ono suur harja.

      The male lion differs from the female in that the male has a large mane.
  2. comb, crest
  3. brush (instrument)
Declension of harja (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative harja harjat
genitive harjan harjoin
partitive harjaa harjoja
illative harjaa harjoi
inessive harjaas harjois
elative harjast harjoist
allative harjalle harjoille
adessive harjaal harjoil
ablative harjalt harjoilt
translative harjaks harjoiks
essive harjanna, harjaan harjoinna, harjoin
exessive1) harjant harjoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 46
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 31

harja

  1. Romanization of ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ