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puhdas.

clean; neat, tidy (not dirty)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈpuhdɑs/[ˈpuxdɑ̝s̠]
  1. clean; neat, tidy (not dirty)

  2. clear, unpolluted (not polluted)

  3. clear, clean, innocent (free of guilt)

    Omatuntoni on puhdas.
  4. pure, undiluted, absolute, neat; sweet; entire (unadulterated; free from extraneous elements)

    puhdas kulta
    puhdas alkoholi
  5. net (with all deductions or allowances made)

    puhdas voitto
  6. naked (without decoration, put bluntly)

    Tämä on puhdas totuus.
  7. sheer (being only what it seems to be)

    Tämä teksti on puhdasta hölynpölyä.
  8. perfect (interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones)

  9. pure (done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *puhtas (compare Estonian puhas, Karelian puhaš, Veps puhtaz), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *puHtás (compare Sanskrit पूत (pūta)), from Proto-Indo-European *puH-tó-s (“clean”).

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