sulaa

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *suladak, a denominal verb of sula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠ulɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ulɑː
• Syllabification^(key): su‧laa

Verb

sulaa (intransitive)

1. to melt, thaw (to change from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat)
2. (figuratively) to dissolve, disperse, vanish

   Hänen ongelmansa sulivat pois.

   His troubles melted away.

3. (figuratively) to melt (to soften, as by a warming or kindly influence)

Conjugation

Inflection of sulaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sulan	en sula	1st sing.	olen sulanut	en ole sulanut
2nd sing.		sulat	et sula	2nd sing.	olet sulanut	et ole sulanut
3rd sing.		sulaa	ei sula	3rd sing.	on sulanut	ei ole sulanut
1st plur.		sulamme	emme sula	1st plur.	olemme sulaneet	emme ole sulaneet
2nd plur.		sulatte	ette sula	2nd plur.	olette sulaneet	ette ole sulaneet
3rd plur.		sulavat	eivät sula	3rd plur.	ovat sulaneet	eivät ole sulaneet
passive		suletaan	ei suleta	passive	on sulettu	ei ole sulettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sulin	en sulanut	1st sing.	olin sulanut	en ollut sulanut
2nd sing.		sulit	et sulanut	2nd sing.	olit sulanut	et ollut sulanut
3rd sing.		suli	ei sulanut	3rd sing.	oli sulanut	ei ollut sulanut
1st plur.		sulimme	emme sulaneet	1st plur.	olimme sulaneet	emme olleet sulaneet
2nd plur.		sulitte	ette sulaneet	2nd plur.	olitte sulaneet	ette olleet sulaneet
3rd plur.		sulivat	eivät sulaneet	3rd plur.	olivat sulaneet	eivät olleet sulaneet
passive		sulettiin	ei sulettu	passive	oli sulettu	ei ollut sulettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sulaisin	en sulaisi	1st sing.	olisin sulanut	en olisi sulanut
2nd sing.		sulaisit	et sulaisi	2nd sing.	olisit sulanut	et olisi sulanut
3rd sing.		sulaisi	ei sulaisi	3rd sing.	olisi sulanut	ei olisi sulanut
1st plur.		sulaisimme	emme sulaisi	1st plur.	olisimme sulaneet	emme olisi sulaneet
2nd plur.		sulaisitte	ette sulaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte sulaneet	ette olisi sulaneet
3rd plur.		sulaisivat	eivät sulaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat sulaneet	eivät olisi sulaneet
passive		sulettaisiin	ei sulettaisi	passive	olisi sulettu	ei olisi sulettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		sula	älä sula	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		sulakoon	älköön sulako	3rd sing.	olkoon sulanut	älköön olko sulanut
1st plur.		sulakaamme	älkäämme sulako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		sulakaa	älkää sulako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		sulakoot	älkööt sulako	3rd plur.	olkoot sulaneet	älkööt olko sulaneet
passive		sulettakoon	älköön sulettako	passive	olkoon sulettu	älköön olko sulettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sulanen	en sulane	1st sing.	lienen sulanut	en liene sulanut
2nd sing.		sulanet	et sulane	2nd sing.	lienet sulanut	et liene sulanut
3rd sing.		sulanee	ei sulane	3rd sing.	lienee sulanut	ei liene sulanut
1st plur.		sulanemme	emme sulane	1st plur.	lienemme sulaneet	emme liene sulaneet
2nd plur.		sulanette	ette sulane	2nd plur.	lienette sulaneet	ette liene sulaneet
3rd plur.		sulanevat	eivät sulane	3rd plur.	lienevät sulaneet	eivät liene sulaneet
passive		sulettaneen	ei sulettane	passive	lienee sulettu	ei liene sulettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		sulaa		present	sulava	sulettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sulaakseni sulaaksemme 2nd sulaaksesi sulaaksenne 3rd sulaakseen sulaaksensa		past	sulanut	sulettu
2nd	inessive2	sulaessa	sulettaessa	agent4	sulama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sulaessani sulaessamme 2nd sulaessasi sulaessanne 3rd sulaessaan sulaessansa		negative	sulamaton
	instructive	sulaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. * The third-person singular indicative form sulaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	sulamassa	—
	elative	sulamasta	—
	illative	sulamaan	—
	adessive	sulamalla	—
	abessive	sulamatta	—
	instructive	sulaman	sulettaman
4th3	verbal noun	sulaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sulamaisillani sulamaisillamme 2nd sulamaisillasi sulamaisillanne 3rd sulamaisillaan sulamaisillansa

Derived terms

adjectives

• sulava

 

nouns

• sulake
• sulaminen
• sulanta
• sulatto
• sulauma

 

verbs

• sulattaa (transitive)
• sulauttaa
• sulautua

 

Related terms

• sula

Further reading

• “sulaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulɑː/, [ˈs̠ulɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -ulɑː
• Syllabification^(key): su‧laa

Adjective

sulaa

1. partitive singular of sula