parhaillaan

Finnish

Etymology

The adessive plural of paras (parhailla) with a possessive suffix; compare parastaikaa for the semantics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrhɑi̯lːɑːn/, [ˈpɑ̝rhɑ̝i̯lːɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -ɑrhɑilːɑːn
• Hyphenation^(key): par‧hail‧laan

Adverb

parhaillaan (not comparable)

1. currently, at the moment, at present

Usage notes

Optionally inflected by person; the third-person form may also be used in all cases.

Personal/possessive forms of parhaillaan
no possessor	—
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	parhaillani	parhaillamme
2nd person	parhaillasi	parhaillanne
3rd person	parhaillaan parhaillansa

Further reading

• “parhaillaan”, 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