Halvattu

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Contents 1 Finnish 1.1 Noun 1.2 Synonyms 1.3 Examples 1.4 Usage notes 1.5 Etymology

Finnish

Noun

halvattu (genitive/intensifier halvatun, illative halvattuun, elative halvatusta, inessive halvatussa, partitive halvattua)

1. (mediocre expletive or intensifier) hell, fuck shit.

Synonyms

• helvetti, hitto, hiisi, piru

Examples

• Plain: Kuka halvattu on puhkonut mun autoni renkaat? Who the hell has punctured my car tyres?
• Illative: Mihin halvattuun mä olen pudottanut avaimeni? Where the hell have I dropped my keys?
• Inessive: Missä halvatussa mun lompakkoni on? Where the hell is my wallet?
• Elative: Mistä halvatusta toi tyyppi ilmaantui? Where the hell did that guy come from?
• Intensifier: Se halvatun persläpi on syypää kaikkeen. That fucking asshole is the culprit for it all. Halvatun kallista viinaa! Some fucking expensive booze!
• Partitive: Mitä halvattua täällä tapahtuu? What the hell is going on here?

Usage notes

Halvattu is seldom or never used in illative case in an imperative sentence. See hitto for explanation.

Etymology

Halvattu is a corrupt of helvetti and it sounds much like halvaantunut, paralyzed. This can have a connection to old religious beliefs that disablilities are punishments for sin.zh:halvattu