Finnish

Noun

harja

1. brush (implement consisting of multiple bristles or other filaments)
2. brush (piece of conductive material, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine)
3. mane (longer hair growth e.g. on back of neck of a horse or around head of a male lion)
4. crest (tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head)
5. crest (upper curve of a horse's neck)
6. crest (ridge or top of a wave)
7. crest, chine (summit of a hill or mountain ridge)
8. arête (sharp edge of a mountain ridge)
9. (curling) broom, sweeper (implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further)

Declension

Synonyms

• (brush, as implement): ****
• (fleshy growth): heltta (a flexible one, such)

Derived terms

• verbs: harjaantua, harjata
• nouns: harjakaiset, harjake, harjanne, harjas, harju, harjus
• adjectives: -harjainen, harjallinen, harjamainen, harjava

Compounds