parhaillaan
Finnish
Etymology
The adessive plural of paras (parhailla) with a possessive suffix; compare parastaikaa for the semantics.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑrhɑi̯lːɑːn/, [ˈpɑ̝rhɑ̝i̯lːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -ɑrhɑilːɑːn
- Syllabification(key): par‧hail‧laan
- Hyphenation(key): par‧hail‧laan
Adverb
parhaillaan (not comparable)
- currently, at the moment, at present
Usage notes
Optionally inflected by person; the third-person form may also be used in all cases.
| Personal/possessive forms of parhaillaan | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | parhaillani | parhaillamme |
| 2nd person | parhaillasi | parhaillanne |
| 3rd person | parhaillaan parhaillansa | |
Further reading
- “parhaillaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023