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Päivän sana - häiritä (to disturb) (sopuli.xyz)
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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *häirit'äk, from earlier *šajri-/šäjri-, borrowed from Proto-Germanicsairijaną (compare Icelandic særa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhæi̯ritæˣ/, [ˈhæi̯rit̪æ(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -æiritæ
  • Hyphenation(key): häi‧ri‧tä

Verb

häiritä (transitive, usually atelic)

  1. to disturb, bother, bug
    ei saa häiritä ― do not disturb 
2. to disrupt
  2. to jam (block or confuse a radio or radar signal)

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