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Definition 2024
aristella
aristella
Finnish
(index ar)
Verb
aristella
- (transitive, + partitive) to be very careful with, handle very carefully (in a continuous manner).
- aristella silmiänsä: to be careful with one's eyes (e.g. to protect them from sunlight etc.).
- (intransitive) to be shy, be bashful, be timid
Usage notes
- (to be shy/timid/bashful) Aristaa and aristella, which is a frequentative derived from aristaa, are very close in meaning and they can quite freely be used as synonyms, although aristaa tends to refer to the lasting feature of timidity and aristella tends to refer to a single moment where someone is shy.
Conjugation
| Inflection of aristella (Kotus type 67/tulla, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | aristelen | en aristele | 1st sing. | olen aristellut | en ole aristellut | |
| 2nd sing. | aristelet | et aristele | 2nd sing. | olet aristellut | et ole aristellut | |
| 3rd sing. | aristelee | ei aristele | 3rd sing. | on aristellut | ei ole aristellut | |
| 1st plur. | aristelemme | emme aristele | 1st plur. | olemme aristelleet | emme ole aristelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | aristelette | ette aristele | 2nd plur. | olette aristelleet | ette ole aristelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | aristelevat | eivät aristele | 3rd plur. | ovat aristelleet | eivät ole aristelleet | |
| passive | aristellaan | ei aristella | passive | on aristeltu | ei ole aristeltu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | aristelin | en aristellut | 1st sing. | olin aristellut | en ollut aristellut | |
| 2nd sing. | aristelit | et aristellut | 2nd sing. | olit aristellut | et ollut aristellut | |
| 3rd sing. | aristeli | ei aristellut | 3rd sing. | oli aristellut | ei ollut aristellut | |
| 1st plur. | aristelimme | emme aristelleet | 1st plur. | olimme aristelleet | emme olleet aristelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | aristelitte | ette aristelleet | 2nd plur. | olitte aristelleet | ette olleet aristelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | aristelivat | eivät aristelleet | 3rd plur. | olivat aristelleet | eivät olleet aristelleet | |
| passive | aristeltiin | ei aristeltu | passive | oli aristeltu | ei ollut aristeltu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | aristelisin | en aristelisi | 1st sing. | olisin aristellut | en olisi aristellut | |
| 2nd sing. | aristelisit | et aristelisi | 2nd sing. | olisit aristellut | et olisi aristellut | |
| 3rd sing. | aristelisi | ei aristelisi | 3rd sing. | olisi aristellut | ei olisi aristellut | |
| 1st plur. | aristelisimme | emme aristelisi | 1st plur. | olisimme aristelleet | emme olisi aristelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | aristelisitte | ette aristelisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte aristelleet | ette olisi aristelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | aristelisivat | eivät aristelisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat aristelleet | eivät olisi aristelleet | |
| passive | aristeltaisiin | ei aristeltaisi | passive | olisi aristeltu | ei olisi aristeltu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | aristele | älä aristele | 2nd sing. | ole aristellut | älä ole aristellut | |
| 3rd sing. | aristelkoon | älköön aristelko | 3rd sing. | olkoon aristellut | älköön olko aristellut | |
| 1st plur. | aristelkaamme | älkäämme aristelko | 1st plur. | olkaamme aristelleet | älkäämme olko aristelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | aristelkaa | älkää aristelko | 2nd plur. | olkaa aristelleet | älkää olko aristelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | aristelkoot | älkööt aristelko | 3rd plur. | olkoot aristelleet | älkööt olko aristelleet | |
| passive | aristeltakoon | älköön aristeltako | passive | olkoon aristeltu | älköön olko aristeltu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | aristellen | en aristelle | 1st sing. | lienen aristellut | en liene aristellut | |
| 2nd sing. | aristellet | et aristelle | 2nd sing. | lienet aristellut | et liene aristellut | |
| 3rd sing. | aristellee | ei aristelle | 3rd sing. | lienee aristellut | ei liene aristellut | |
| 1st plur. | aristellemme | emme aristelle | 1st plur. | lienemme aristelleet | emme liene aristelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | aristellette | ette aristelle | 2nd plur. | lienette aristelleet | ette liene aristelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | aristellevat | eivät aristelle | 3rd plur. | lienevät aristelleet | eivät liene aristelleet | |
| passive | aristeltaneen | ei aristeltane | passive | lienee aristeltu | ei liene aristeltu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | aristella | present | aristeleva | aristeltava | ||
| long 1st2 | aristellakseen | past | aristellut | aristeltu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | aristellessa | aristeltaessa | agent1, 3 | aristelema | |
| instructive | aristellen | — | negative | aristelematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | aristelemassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | aristelemasta | — | ||||
| illative | aristelemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | aristelemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | aristelematta | — | ||||
| instructive | aristeleman | aristeltaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | aristeleminen | ||||
| partitive | aristelemista | |||||
| 5th2 | aristelemaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to be shy/bashful/timid) ujostella, kainostella, arastella, aristaa, arkailla