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purkaa
purkaa
Finnish
Verb
purkaa (transitive)
- To dismantle, dissemble, take apart (into pieces).
- To disentangle, undo, clear (up) (a mess).
- To unravel (a knitwear), unstitch (a stitch).
- To untie (a knot), unwind (a bandage, dressing), untwist (a rope), unwrap (package paper), unpack (contents of a package; baggage).
- To unload (a burden).
- To unpack (a suitcase).
- To demolish, wreck, tear/pull/take down (a building).
- To strike (a set, wings in theatre).
- To dissolve, liquidate (a company, corporation).
- To cancel, annul, revoke (a contract, deal); annul (a marriage).
- To break off (an engagement).
- (law) To rescind, reverse (a decision).
- To defuse (a bomb).
- To discharge (a battery).
- To discharge, release, vent, take out (emotions); to unburden, lighten (one's heart), let off steam.
- To decrypt, decipher (a secret message).
Conjugation
| Inflection of purkaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, k- gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | puran | en pura | 1st sing. | olen purkanut | en ole purkanut | |
| 2nd sing. | purat | et pura | 2nd sing. | olet purkanut | et ole purkanut | |
| 3rd sing. | purkaa | ei pura | 3rd sing. | on purkanut | ei ole purkanut | |
| 1st plur. | puramme | emme pura | 1st plur. | olemme purkaneet | emme ole purkaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | puratte | ette pura | 2nd plur. | olette purkaneet | ette ole purkaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | purkavat | eivät pura | 3rd plur. | ovat purkaneet | eivät ole purkaneet | |
| passive | puretaan | ei pureta | passive | on purettu | ei ole purettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | purin | en purkanut | 1st sing. | olin purkanut | en ollut purkanut | |
| 2nd sing. | purit | et purkanut | 2nd sing. | olit purkanut | et ollut purkanut | |
| 3rd sing. | purki | ei purkanut | 3rd sing. | oli purkanut | ei ollut purkanut | |
| 1st plur. | purimme | emme purkaneet | 1st plur. | olimme purkaneet | emme olleet purkaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | puritte | ette purkaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte purkaneet | ette olleet purkaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | purkivat | eivät purkaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat purkaneet | eivät olleet purkaneet | |
| passive | purettiin | ei purettu | passive | oli purettu | ei ollut purettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | purkaisin | en purkaisi | 1st sing. | olisin purkanut | en olisi purkanut | |
| 2nd sing. | purkaisit | et purkaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit purkanut | et olisi purkanut | |
| 3rd sing. | purkaisi | ei purkaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi purkanut | ei olisi purkanut | |
| 1st plur. | purkaisimme | emme purkaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme purkaneet | emme olisi purkaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | purkaisitte | ette purkaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte purkaneet | ette olisi purkaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | purkaisivat | eivät purkaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat purkaneet | eivät olisi purkaneet | |
| passive | purettaisiin | ei purettaisi | passive | olisi purettu | ei olisi purettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | pura | älä pura | 2nd sing. | ole purkanut | älä ole purkanut | |
| 3rd sing. | purkakoon | älköön purkako | 3rd sing. | olkoon purkanut | älköön olko purkanut | |
| 1st plur. | purkakaamme | älkäämme purkako | 1st plur. | olkaamme purkaneet | älkäämme olko purkaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | purkakaa | älkää purkako | 2nd plur. | olkaa purkaneet | älkää olko purkaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | purkakoot | älkööt purkako | 3rd plur. | olkoot purkaneet | älkööt olko purkaneet | |
| passive | purettakoon | älköön purettako | passive | olkoon purettu | älköön olko purettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | purkanen | en purkane | 1st sing. | lienen purkanut | en liene purkanut | |
| 2nd sing. | purkanet | et purkane | 2nd sing. | lienet purkanut | et liene purkanut | |
| 3rd sing. | purkanee | ei purkane | 3rd sing. | lienee purkanut | ei liene purkanut | |
| 1st plur. | purkanemme | emme purkane | 1st plur. | lienemme purkaneet | emme liene purkaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | purkanette | ette purkane | 2nd plur. | lienette purkaneet | ette liene purkaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | purkanevat | eivät purkane | 3rd plur. | lienevät purkaneet | eivät liene purkaneet | |
| passive | purettaneen | ei purettane | passive | lienee purettu | ei liene purettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | purkaa | present | purkava | purettava | ||
| long 1st2 | purkaakseen | past | purkanut | purettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | purkaessa | purettaessa | agent1, 3 | purkama | |
| instructive | purkaen | — | negative | purkamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | purkamassa | — | 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 | purkamasta | — | ||||
| illative | purkamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | purkamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | purkamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | purkaman | purettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | purkaminen | ||||
| partitive | purkamista | |||||
| 5th2 | purkamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- nouns: purkaminen, purkamo, purku
- verbs: purattaa, reflexive purkautua
Idioms
- purkaa sydäntään / sydämensä = to unbosom
- purkaa kiukkuaan = to vent one's spleen
Etymology 2
Verb
purkaa
- Second-person plural imperative present form of purra.