lahja

From Proto-Finnic *laiha, of Baltic origin; compare Lithuanian liesas and Latvian liess. Cognate to Finnish laiha.

lahja (genitive lahja, partitive lahjat, comparative lahjem, superlative kõige lahjem)

1. lean, thin, skinny
2. lean, low-fat

   ~ liha : lean meat

3. lean, poor, thin (short of some essential element)

   ~ kohv : thin coffee

   ~ maa : lean soil, poor soil

4. (of a color) pale

   ~ sinine : pale blue

5. (figuratively) lean

   Parem lahja rahu kui rasvane riid.

   Better a lean accord than a fat quarrel.

Declension of lahja (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		lahja	lahjad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	lahja
genitive			lahjade
partitive		lahjat	lahjasid
illative		lahjasse	lahjadesse
inessive		lahjas	lahjades
elative		lahjast	lahjadest
allative		lahjale	lahjadele
adessive		lahjal	lahjadel
ablative		lahjalt	lahjadelt
translative		lahjaks	lahjadeks
terminative		lahjani	lahjadeni
essive		lahjana	lahjadena
abessive		lahjata	lahjadeta
comitative		lahjaga	lahjadega

• (lean, skinny): kõhn, kondine
• (of land: lean): väheviljakas

• (antonym(s) of “lean, skinny”): lihav, priske, rammus
• (antonym(s) of “lean, low-fat”): rasvane, rammus
• (antonym(s) of “of drink: thin”): kange

From Proto-Finnic *lahja, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛒᛚᚨᚺᛃᛟ (*blahjo), from Proto-Germanic *blahjōn (“sheet, cloth”) (compare Icelandic blæja (“veil”)). Cognates include Votic lahjõ (“wedding gift”) and Ingrian lahja (“gift”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑhjɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝xjɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑhjɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lah‧ja

lahja

1. present, gift
2. (figuratively) talent, gift

• “lahja”, 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 2023-07-02

From Proto-Finnic *lahja. Cognates include Finnish lahja and Veps lahj.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑhjɑ/, [ˈɫɑhi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑhjɑ/, [ˈɫɑhjɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑhj, -ɑhjɑ
• Hyphenation: lah‧ja

lahja

1. gift, present
2. (specifically) wedding gift

Declension of lahja (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lahja	lahjat
genitive	lahjan	lahjoin
partitive	lahjaa	lahjoja
illative	lahjaa	lahjoi
inessive	lahjaas	lahjois
elative	lahjast	lahjoist
allative	lahjalle	lahjoille
adessive	lahjaal	lahjoil
ablative	lahjalt	lahjoilt
translative	lahjaks	lahjoiks
essive	lahjanna, lahjaan	lahjoinna, lahjoin
exessive1)	lahjant	lahjoint
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.

• (gift): podarka

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “лагай”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 687
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 243