jos.
if (supposing that)
Meaning & usage
if (supposing that)
mitä jos...
nyt jos koskaan
if (supposing that) When followed by mikä/mikään or kuka/kukaan, serves to emphasize the truth of a characterization; often preceded by a demonstrative or personal pronoun.
Tuo jos mikä(än) osoittaa sinun olevan väärässä.
Hän jos kuka(an) on plagiaristi.
if, whether (used to introduce an indirect question)
Jos tulisit katsomaan.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *jos. Originally the lative singular of joka (relative pronoun); jo- + -s (lative suffix).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.