vesi

From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete. Cognates include Finnish vesi, Hungarian víz. May ultimately be a cognate of Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥, in which case compare to Scottish Gaelic uisge, Irish uisce, Russian вода́ (vodá), English water.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvesi/

vesi (genitive vee, partitive vett)

1. water

Declension of vesi (ÕS type 15/käsi, d/t-ø-s gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vesi	veed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vee
genitive			vete
partitive		vett	vesi
illative		vette veesse	vetesse vesisse
inessive		vees	vetes vesis
elative		veest	vetest vesist
allative		veele	vetele vesile
adessive		veel	vetel vesil
ablative		veelt	vetelt vesilt
translative		veeks	veteks vesiks
terminative		veeni	veteni
essive		veena	vetena
abessive		veeta	veteta
comitative		veega	vetega

• allvee-
• veevarustus

• “vesi”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “vesi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

From English WC.

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːsɪ/

vesi n (genitive singular vesis, plural vesi or vesir)

1. WC, toilet, bathroom

n24	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vesi	vesið	vesi(r)	vesini
Accusative	vesi	vesið	vesi(r)	vesini
Dative	vesi	ves(i)num	vesum	vesunum
Genitive	vesis	vesisins	vesa	vesanna

From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete.^[1] Cognates include Estonian vesi, Erzya ведь (veď), and Hungarian víz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋesi/, [ˈʋe̞s̠i]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation^(key): ve‧si

vesi

1. water

   vesiliuos ― aqueous solution

   vesitaso ― hydrofoil

   Saisinko vettä?

   Could I have water?

   Lasi(llinen) vettä, kiitos.

   A glass of water please.

   Tämä vesi on likaista.

   This water is dirty.

2. (in place names) lake

   Suvasvesi ― Lake Suvasvesi

3. (usually in the plural) rheum (watery or thin discharge from the eyes)

   vedet silmissä ― with tears (of joy or agony)

• vetää

• “vesi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From Proto-Finnic *veci. Cognates include Finnish vesi and Estonian vesi.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋesi/, [ˈʋe̞s̠i]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋesi/, [ˈʋe̞ʒ̥i]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈʋesi/, [ˈʋe̞ʒ̥i]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: ve‧si

vesi

1. water
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24:

     Siin ono vari vesi.

     In it is warm water.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 14:

     Jäättyi vesi.

     The water froze.

Declension of vesi (type 5/vesi, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vesi	veet
genitive	veen	vessiin, vesilöin
partitive	vettä	vessiä, vesilöjä
illative	vettee	vessii, vesilöihe
inessive	vees	vesiis, vesilöis
elative	veest	vesist, vesilöist
allative	veelle	vesille, vesilöille
adessive	veel	vesiil, vesilöil
ablative	veelt	vesilt, vesilöilt
translative	veeks	vesiks, vesilöiks
essive	vetteennä, vetteen	vessiinnä, vesilöinnä, vessiin, vesilöin
exessive1)	vettent	vessint, vesilöint
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.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “вези”, 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 677
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 63
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 658
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 222
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[4], →ISBN, pages 11-12

Regional variants of vesi

North Karelian (Viena)	vesi
South Karelian (Tver)	vezi

From Proto-Finnic *veci. Cognates include Finnish vesi and Veps vezi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋesʲi/
• Hyphenation: ve‧si

vesi (genitive vejen, partitive vettä)

1. (North Karelian) water

Viena Karelian declension of vesi (type 10/vesi, t-j gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vesi	vejet
genitive	vejen	vesien
partitive	vettä	vesijä
illative	vesih	vesilöih
inessive	veješšä	vesilöissä
elative	veještä	vesilöistä
adessive	vejellä	vesilöillä
ablative	vejeltä	vesilöiltä
translative	vejekši	vesilöiksi
essive	vesinä	vesilöinä
comitative	—	vesilöineh
abessive	vejettä	vesilöittä

Possessive forms of vesi
1st person	veteni
2nd person	veteš
3rd person	veteh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “vesi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 205

vẹ́si

1. second-person singular imperative of vẹ́siti

From Proto-Finnic *veci.

vesi (genitive vii, partitive vett)

1. water

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Finnic *veci, from Proto-Uralic *wete.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvesi/, [ˈvesʲi]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: ve‧si

vesi

1. water

Declension of vesi (type X/tuli, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vesi	veed
genitive	vee	vesije, vesii
partitive	vette	vesiite, vesii
illative	vette, vettese	vesiise
inessive	veez	vesiiz
elative	veesse	vesiisse
allative	veele	vesiile
adessive	veelle	vesiille
ablative	veelte	vesiilte
translative	veessi	vesiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn