neitsyt

From Proto-Finnic *näic'üt. Cognates include Karelian neičyt (girl, maiden), Veps neitšud, Votic neitsüd (“daughter-in-law, fiancée”), Estonian neitsi and Livonian neitst.^[1] Derived as neits- +‎ -yt, probably from the same root as neito.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnei̯tsyt/, [ˈne̞i̯ts̠yt̪]
• Rhymes: -eitsyt
• Syllabification^(key): neit‧syt
• Hyphenation^(key): neit‧syt

neitsyt

1. virgin (person, especially a female one, who has never had sexual intercourse)

In spoken language, the genitive singular can be neitsyeen and the illative singular neitsyeeseen – these forms are proscribed. This confusion is due to the similarity of the nouns ending in -ue / -ye, like joukkue (“team”) (illative singular joukkueeseen), yhtye (“band, musical group”) (illative singular yhtyeeseen).

• impi

• “neitsyt”, 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 3 July 2023

• etsinyt