tarvis

From Proto-Finnic *tarbis, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þarbaz, *þarbō. Compare Swedish tarv and Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰 (þarba). Cognate to Finnish tarve and Votic tarvis.

tarvis (not comparable)

1. necessary, required, needed

   Meil on tarvis minna.

   We have to go.

• tarve
• tarbima

From Proto-Finnic *tarbis, a variant of *tarbëh. Cognate with Ingrian tarvis, Estonian tarvis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrʋis/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝rʋis̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrʋis
• Hyphenation^(key): tar‧vis

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tarvis (dialectal, informal)

1. need, necessity

   Synonym: tarve

   Onko sillä tarvis käydä ulkona?

   Does it need to go outside?

   Onko tarvista vasaralle?

   Do you need a hammer?

In practice, only the nominative and partitive singular forms are used.

• “tarvis”, 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

• virsta, virtsa

From Proto-Finnic *tarbis. Cognates include Finnish tarvis and Estonian tarvis.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrʋis/, [ˈtɑrʋĭz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrʋis/, [ˈtɑrʋiʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑrʋis
• Hyphenation: tar‧vis

tarvis

1. necessary
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Sitä on tarvis i sitä vart, jot tiitää, kuin inmihiin omal tööl voittaa loontoa i polzuittaa sitä itsen hyväks.

     It is also necessary for knowing how the human with his own work conquers the nature and uses it for his own good.

Almost exclusively used in the nominative with the third-person singular of olla

• vaijaa, pakko

• tarve (“need”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 576

tarvīs

1. dative/ablative plural of tarvus