hyvä veli

Finnish

Etymology

hyvä (“good, dear”) + veli (“brother”)

Noun

hyvä veli

  1. A salutation used at the beginning of a friendly, often confidential letter from male to male
    Synonym: (abbreviation) H.V.
  2. Used attributively to make a reference to cronyism; notably in expressions hyvä veli -järjestelmä and hyvä veli -verkosto.

Declension

  • Both words are inflected.

Derived terms

compounds
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