sumentaa

Finnish

Etymology

sumea +‎ -ntaa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumentɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠ume̞n̪t̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -umentɑː
• Syllabification^(key): su‧men‧taa

Verb

sumentaa

1. (transitive) to blur (in concrete sense)

Conjugation

Inflection of sumentaa (Kotus type 54*J/huutaa, nt-nn gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sumennan	en sumenna	1st sing.	olen sumentanut	en ole sumentanut
2nd sing.		sumennat	et sumenna	2nd sing.	olet sumentanut	et ole sumentanut
3rd sing.		sumentaa	ei sumenna	3rd sing.	on sumentanut	ei ole sumentanut
1st plur.		sumennamme	emme sumenna	1st plur.	olemme sumentaneet	emme ole sumentaneet
2nd plur.		sumennatte	ette sumenna	2nd plur.	olette sumentaneet	ette ole sumentaneet
3rd plur.		sumentavat	eivät sumenna	3rd plur.	ovat sumentaneet	eivät ole sumentaneet
passive		sumennetaan	ei sumenneta	passive	on sumennettu	ei ole sumennettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sumensin	en sumentanut	1st sing.	olin sumentanut	en ollut sumentanut
2nd sing.		sumensit	et sumentanut	2nd sing.	olit sumentanut	et ollut sumentanut
3rd sing.		sumensi	ei sumentanut	3rd sing.	oli sumentanut	ei ollut sumentanut
1st plur.		sumensimme	emme sumentaneet	1st plur.	olimme sumentaneet	emme olleet sumentaneet
2nd plur.		sumensitte	ette sumentaneet	2nd plur.	olitte sumentaneet	ette olleet sumentaneet
3rd plur.		sumensivat	eivät sumentaneet	3rd plur.	olivat sumentaneet	eivät olleet sumentaneet
passive		sumennettiin	ei sumennettu	passive	oli sumennettu	ei ollut sumennettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sumentaisin	en sumentaisi	1st sing.	olisin sumentanut	en olisi sumentanut
2nd sing.		sumentaisit	et sumentaisi	2nd sing.	olisit sumentanut	et olisi sumentanut
3rd sing.		sumentaisi	ei sumentaisi	3rd sing.	olisi sumentanut	ei olisi sumentanut
1st plur.		sumentaisimme	emme sumentaisi	1st plur.	olisimme sumentaneet	emme olisi sumentaneet
2nd plur.		sumentaisitte	ette sumentaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte sumentaneet	ette olisi sumentaneet
3rd plur.		sumentaisivat	eivät sumentaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat sumentaneet	eivät olisi sumentaneet
passive		sumennettaisiin	ei sumennettaisi	passive	olisi sumennettu	ei olisi sumennettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		sumenna	älä sumenna	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		sumentakoon	älköön sumentako	3rd sing.	olkoon sumentanut	älköön olko sumentanut
1st plur.		sumentakaamme	älkäämme sumentako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		sumentakaa	älkää sumentako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		sumentakoot	älkööt sumentako	3rd plur.	olkoot sumentaneet	älkööt olko sumentaneet
passive		sumennettakoon	älköön sumennettako	passive	olkoon sumennettu	älköön olko sumennettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sumentanen	en sumentane	1st sing.	lienen sumentanut	en liene sumentanut
2nd sing.		sumentanet	et sumentane	2nd sing.	lienet sumentanut	et liene sumentanut
3rd sing.		sumentanee	ei sumentane	3rd sing.	lienee sumentanut	ei liene sumentanut
1st plur.		sumentanemme	emme sumentane	1st plur.	lienemme sumentaneet	emme liene sumentaneet
2nd plur.		sumentanette	ette sumentane	2nd plur.	lienette sumentaneet	ette liene sumentaneet
3rd plur.		sumentanevat	eivät sumentane	3rd plur.	lienevät sumentaneet	eivät liene sumentaneet
passive		sumennettaneen	ei sumennettane	passive	lienee sumennettu	ei liene sumennettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		sumentaa		present	sumentava	sumennettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sumentaakseni sumentaaksemme 2nd sumentaaksesi sumentaaksenne 3rd sumentaakseen sumentaaksensa		past	sumentanut	sumennettu
2nd	inessive2	sumentaessa	sumennettaessa	agent3	sumentama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sumentaessani sumentaessamme 2nd sumentaessasi sumentaessanne 3rd sumentaessaan sumentaessansa		negative	sumentamaton
	instructive	sumentaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. 4) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). * The third-person singular indicative form sumentaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	sumentamassa	—
	elative	sumentamasta	—
	illative	sumentamaan	—
	adessive	sumentamalla	—
	abessive	sumentamatta	—
	instructive	sumentaman	sumennettaman
4th4	verbal noun	sumentaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sumentamaisillani sumentamaisillamme 2nd sumentamaisillasi sumentamaisillanne 3rd sumentamaisillaan sumentamaisillansa

Derived terms

• sumennus
• sumentua

Further reading

• “sumentaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• masentua, samentua