vessa

See also: Vessa

Catalan

Verb

vessa

third-person singular present indicative form of vessar
second-person singular imperative form of vessar

Finnish

Etymology

Irregularly derived from WC (which is usually read veesee).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋesːɑ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠ːɑ]
Rhymes: -esːɑ
Syllabification^(key): ves‧sa

Noun

vessa

toilet (room or seat)
Synonym: see Thesaurus:vessa

vetää vessa ― to flush the toilet

Usage notes

The word, while now standard, was once considered colloquial, though never vulgar. If one wants to be absolutely safe, miestenhuone (“men's room”) and naistenhuone (“ladies' room”) may be used.

Declension

Inflection of vessa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		vessa	vessat
genitive		vessan	vessojen
partitive		vessaa	vessoja
illative		vessaan	vessoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vessa	vessat
accusative	nom.	vessa	vessat
accusative	gen.	vessan	vessat
genitive		vessan	vessojen vessain^rare
partitive		vessaa	vessoja
inessive		vessassa	vessoissa
elative		vessasta	vessoista
illative		vessaan	vessoihin
adessive		vessalla	vessoilla
ablative		vessalta	vessoilta
allative		vessalle	vessoille
essive		vessana	vessoina
translative		vessaksi	vessoiksi
instructive		—	vessoin
abessive		vessatta	vessoitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vessa (type kala)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vessani	vessani
accusative	nom.	vessani	vessani
accusative	gen.	vessani	vessani
genitive		vessani	vessojeni vessaini^rare
partitive		vessaani	vessojani
inessive		vessassani	vessoissani
elative		vessastani	vessoistani
illative		vessaani	vessoihini
adessive		vessallani	vessoillani
ablative		vessaltani	vessoiltani
allative		vessalleni	vessoilleni
essive		vessanani	vessoinani
translative		vessakseni	vessoikseni
instructive		—	—
abessive		vessattani	vessoittani
comitative		—	vessoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vessasi	vessasi
accusative	nom.	vessasi	vessasi
accusative	gen.	vessasi	vessasi
genitive		vessasi	vessojesi vessaisi^rare
partitive		vessaasi	vessojasi
inessive		vessassasi	vessoissasi
elative		vessastasi	vessoistasi
illative		vessaasi	vessoihisi
adessive		vessallasi	vessoillasi
ablative		vessaltasi	vessoiltasi
allative		vessallesi	vessoillesi
essive		vessanasi	vessoinasi
translative		vessaksesi	vessoiksesi
instructive		—	—
abessive		vessattasi	vessoittasi
comitative		—	vessoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vessamme	vessamme
accusative	nom.	vessamme	vessamme
accusative	gen.	vessamme	vessamme
genitive		vessamme	vessojemme vessaimme^rare
partitive		vessaamme	vessojamme
inessive		vessassamme	vessoissamme
elative		vessastamme	vessoistamme
illative		vessaamme	vessoihimme
adessive		vessallamme	vessoillamme
ablative		vessaltamme	vessoiltamme
allative		vessallemme	vessoillemme
essive		vessanamme	vessoinamme
translative		vessaksemme	vessoiksemme
instructive		—	—
abessive		vessattamme	vessoittamme
comitative		—	vessoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vessanne	vessanne
accusative	nom.	vessanne	vessanne
accusative	gen.	vessanne	vessanne
genitive		vessanne	vessojenne vessainne^rare
partitive		vessaanne	vessojanne
inessive		vessassanne	vessoissanne
elative		vessastanne	vessoistanne
illative		vessaanne	vessoihinne
adessive		vessallanne	vessoillanne
ablative		vessaltanne	vessoiltanne
allative		vessallenne	vessoillenne
essive		vessananne	vessoinanne
translative		vessaksenne	vessoiksenne
instructive		—	—
abessive		vessattanne	vessoittanne
comitative		—	vessoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		vessansa	vessansa
accusative	nom.	vessansa	vessansa
accusative	gen.	vessansa	vessansa
genitive		vessansa	vessojensa vessainsa^rare
partitive		vessaansa	vessojaan vessojansa
inessive		vessassaan vessassansa	vessoissaan vessoissansa
elative		vessastaan vessastansa	vessoistaan vessoistansa
illative		vessaansa	vessoihinsa
adessive		vessallaan vessallansa	vessoillaan vessoillansa
ablative		vessaltaan vessaltansa	vessoiltaan vessoiltansa
allative		vessalleen vessallensa	vessoilleen vessoillensa
essive		vessanaan vessanansa	vessoinaan vessoinansa
translative		vessakseen vessaksensa	vessoikseen vessoiksensa
instructive		—	—
abessive		vessattaan vessattansa	vessoittaan vessoittansa
comitative		—	vessoineen vessoinensa

Anagrams

saves

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: vessas, vessât

Verb

vessa

third-person singular past historic of vesser

Italian

Verb

vessa

inflection of vessare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Pali

Alternative forms

𑀯𑁂𑀲𑁆𑀲 (Brahmi script)
वेस्स (Devanagari script)
ৰেস্স (Bengali script)
වෙස‍්ස (Sinhalese script)
ဝေဿ or ဝေသ်သ (Burmese script)
เวสฺส or เวสสะ (Thai script)
ᩅᩮᩔ (Tai Tham script)
ເວສ຺ສ or ເວສສະ (Lao script)
វេស្ស (Khmer script)
𑅇𑄬𑄥𑄴𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya).

Noun

vessa m

a Vaishya

Declension

Declension table of "vessa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vesso	vessā
Accusative (second)	vessaṃ	vesse
Instrumental (third)	vessena	vessehi or vessebhi
Dative (fourth)	vessassa or vessāya or vessatthaṃ	vessānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vessasmā or vessamhā or vessā	vessehi or vessebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vessassa	vessānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vessasmiṃ or vessamhi or vesse	vessesu
Vocative (calling)	vessa	vessā

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 564.

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