aivot

From Proto-Finnic *aivo (compare Estonian aju (“brain, mind”)), from Proto-Uralic *ajŋe (compare Hungarian agy (“brain”) and possibly Moksha уй (uj, “brain”)).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈ��i̯ʋot/, [ˈɑ̝i̯ʋo̞t̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑiʋot
• Syllabification^(key): ai‧vot
• Hyphenation^(key): ai‧vot

aivot pl

1. brain (organ)

   Synonym: ajukoppa (dialectal, possibly humorous)

   aivoverenvuoto ― cerebral hemorrhage

   aivokasvain ― brain tumor

2. brains, grey matter (ability to think)

• The singular number is used in modern standard Finnish only in compound terms (like in the examples above) and in some colloquial or slang expressions, notably in ottaa aivoon (“to piss off, to be pissed off”).

• “aivot”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• aviot, oivat, taivo, vitoa, voita

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ʋot/, [ˈɑi̯ʋŏ̞d]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ʋot/, [ˈɑi̯ʋo̞d̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯ʋot
• Hyphenation: ai‧vot

aivot

1. nominative plural of aivo: brains

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 8

Regional variants of aivot

North Karelian (Viena)	aivot
South Karelian (Tver)	aivot

From Proto-Finnic *aivot. Cognates include Finnish aivot and Veps aivod.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ʋot/
• Hyphenation: ai‧vot

aivot (genitive aivojen / aivoloin, partitive aivoja / aivoloida) (plural only)

1. (North Karelian or dialectal) brains

Viena Karelian declension of aivot (type 1/tyttö, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	—	aivot
genitive	—	aivojen
partitive	—	aivoja
illative	—	aivoloih
inessive	—	aivoloissa
elative	—	aivoloista
adessive	—	aivoloilla
ablative	—	aivoloilta
translative	—	aivoloiksi
essive	—	aivoloina
comitative	—	aivoloineh
abessive	—	aivoloitta
prolative	—	—
instructive	—	aivoloin

Tver Karelian declension of aivot (type 1/tyttö, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	—	aivot
genitive	—	aivoloin
partitive	—	aivoloida
illative	—	aivoloih
inessive	—	aivoloissa
elative	—	aivoloista
adessive	—	aivoloilla
ablative	—	aivoloilda
translative	—	aivoloiksi
essive	—	aivoloina
comitative	—	aivoloinke
abessive	—	aivoloitta
prolative	—	aivoloičči
instructive	—	aivoloin

Possessive forms of aivot
1st person	aivoni
2nd person	aivoš
3rd person	aivoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• (South Karelian) mozgut

• P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “aivot”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “+”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[3], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN