/ˈʋihreæ/, [ˈʋiçre̞æ]
AlkuperäMetathesized form of Proto-Finnic *viherä, derived by -rä from Proto-Uralic *wiša (see *viha).
Further etymology and cognates.
The metathesis -erä > -reä occurred by analogy with other adjectives with the ending -eä. For the unmetathesized form, compare viheriä (“greenish”), vihertää (“to become green”), viher-, as well as dialectal Finnish viherä, Ingrian viherä, Veps viher, and Votic vihere.
- green (colour)
- green (politics)
- green (color), the color green
- green
Muodotvihreämpi(comparative) · vihrein(superlative) · vihreä(nominative, singular) · vihreät(nominative, plural) · vihreä(accusative, nominative, singular) · vihreät(accusative, nominative, plural) · vihreän(accusative, genitive, singular) · vihreät(accusative, genitive, plural) · vihreän(genitive, singular) · vihreiden(genitive, plural) · vihreitten(genitive, plural) · vihreäin(genitive, plural, rare) · vihreää(partitive, singular) · vihreätä(partitive, singular) · vihreitä(partitive, plural) · vihreässä(inessive, singular) · vihreissä(inessive, plural) · vihreästä(elative, singular) · vihreistä(elative, plural) · vihreään(illative, singular)