pieni

From Proto-Finnic *peeni. Cognate with Estonian peen, Veps pen'. Possibly also related to пень- (peń-) in Erzya пенерва (peńerva, “younger daughter-in-law”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯ni/, [ˈpie̞̯ni]
• Rhymes: -ieni
• Syllabification^(key): pie‧ni

pieni (comparative pienempi, superlative pienin)

1. small, little
2. small, insignificant
3. (of sound, chiefly in external locative cases) quiet

   Laitoin radiota pienemmälle.

   I turned down the radio.

   Synonym: (generally) hiljainen

• suuri
• iso

• pienesti
• pienuus

• pikku-
• pikku
• pikkuinen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯ni/, [ˈpie̞̯ni] (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯niˣ/, [ˈpie̞̯ni(ʔ)] (imperative and connegative forms)
• Rhymes: -ieni
• Syllabification^(key): pie‧ni

pieni

1. third-person singular past indicative of pieniä
2. present active indicative connegative of pieniä
3. second-person singular present imperative of pieniä
4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of pieniä

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛ.ni/, /ˈpje.ni/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛni, -eni
• Hyphenation: piè‧ni, pié‧ni

pieni m

1. masculine plural of pieno

pieni m

1. plural of pieno

pieni

1. small

pieni m

1. nominative plural form of piens
2. vocative plural form of piens
   • 1964, Zootechnikas un Zoohigienas, volume 1, published by the Instituta Raksti:

     [...] atsevišķām govīm vasarā ganību laikā piemīt individuālas īpašības izdalīt pieni [...]

   • 1979, Latviešu Tautasdziesmas: darba dziesmas, gadskārtu ieražu dziesmas, page 183:

     Ganiem sieri, ganiem pieni.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛ.ɲi/
• Rhymes: -ɛɲi
• Syllabification: pie‧ni

pieni n

1. genitive plural of pienie

   Synonym: pień

pieni

1. third-person singular present of pienić