Vocab: vaikne - quiet
quiet; faint; inaudible; silent; calm by nature; gentle; mild; reserved; windless or calm (referring to the weather); restrained, not intense (referring to feelings or states)
Building blocks
vaik- → from the verb vaikima (to be silent, to keep quiet)
-ne → an adjective-forming ending
It’s derived from the Proto-Finnic vaikka (quiet)
Family of words (same root):
vaikima = to be silent
vaikus = silence, quietness
vaikne = quiet, calm
How to use it:
Here is how you use the word “vaikne” ⬇️
Examples
Kuulsin vaikset sosinat ukse taga
Literally: “I heard quiet whisper door behind”
Idiomatically: “I heard a quiet whisper behind the door”
Kuulsin - Verb - 1st Person Singular, Past Tense: "I heard"
vaikset - Adjective - Partitive Singular: "quiet"
sosinat - Noun - Partitive Singular: "whisper"
ukse - Noun - Genitive Singular: "door"
taga - Postpostition - Indeclinable: "behind"