See also: Mesta, mestá, and města

Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian ме́сто (mésto), from Old East Slavic мѣсто (město), from Proto-Slavic *město.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmestɑ/, [ˈme̞s̠tɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -estɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mes‧ta

Noun

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mesta

  1. (Helsinki slang) place, location
  2. (mathematics) locale
    • 2022, Jukka Tuomela, “Tarvitaanko joukko-oppia (enää)?”, in Arkhimedes, number 2:
      Esimerkkinä hän antoi tapauksen, jossa tietyssä joukossa ei ollut pisteitä, mutta siellä oli mestoja
      As an example, he gave a case where a set contained no points but it did contain locales.

Declension

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Inflection of mesta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mesta mestat
genitive mestan mestojen
partitive mestaa mestoja
illative mestaan mestoihin
singular plural
nominative mesta mestat
accusative nom. mesta mestat
gen. mestan
genitive mestan mestojen
mestain rare
partitive mestaa mestoja
inessive mestassa mestoissa
elative mestasta mestoista
illative mestaan mestoihin
adessive mestalla mestoilla
ablative mestalta mestoilta
allative mestalle mestoille
essive mestana mestoina
translative mestaksi mestoiksi
abessive mestatta mestoitta
instructive mestoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mesta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mestani mestani
accusative nom. mestani mestani
gen. mestani
genitive mestani mestojeni
mestaini rare
partitive mestaani mestojani
inessive mestassani mestoissani
elative mestastani mestoistani
illative mestaani mestoihini
adessive mestallani mestoillani
ablative mestaltani mestoiltani
allative mestalleni mestoilleni
essive mestanani mestoinani
translative mestakseni mestoikseni
abessive mestattani mestoittani
instructive
comitative mestoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mestasi mestasi
accusative nom. mestasi mestasi
gen. mestasi
genitive mestasi mestojesi
mestaisi rare
partitive mestaasi mestojasi
inessive mestassasi mestoissasi
elative mestastasi mestoistasi
illative mestaasi mestoihisi
adessive mestallasi mestoillasi
ablative mestaltasi mestoiltasi
allative mestallesi mestoillesi
essive mestanasi mestoinasi
translative mestaksesi mestoiksesi
abessive mestattasi mestoittasi
instructive
comitative mestoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mestamme mestamme
accusative nom. mestamme mestamme
gen. mestamme
genitive mestamme mestojemme
mestaimme rare
partitive mestaamme mestojamme
inessive mestassamme mestoissamme
elative mestastamme mestoistamme
illative mestaamme mestoihimme
adessive mestallamme mestoillamme
ablative mestaltamme mestoiltamme
allative mestallemme mestoillemme
essive mestanamme mestoinamme
translative mestaksemme mestoiksemme
abessive mestattamme mestoittamme
instructive
comitative mestoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mestanne mestanne
accusative nom. mestanne mestanne
gen. mestanne
genitive mestanne mestojenne
mestainne rare
partitive mestaanne mestojanne
inessive mestassanne mestoissanne
elative mestastanne mestoistanne
illative mestaanne mestoihinne
adessive mestallanne mestoillanne
ablative mestaltanne mestoiltanne
allative mestallenne mestoillenne
essive mestananne mestoinanne
translative mestaksenne mestoiksenne
abessive mestattanne mestoittanne
instructive
comitative mestoinenne

Derived terms

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compounds

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mesta

  1. feminine singular of mesto

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈme.sta/, /ˈmɛ.sta/
  • Rhymes: -esta, -ɛsta
  • Hyphenation: mé‧sta, mè‧sta

Verb

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mesta

  1. inflection of mestare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Slovak

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Noun

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mesta

  1. genitive singular of mesto

Slovene

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Noun

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mesta

  1. inflection of mesto:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmesta/ [ˈmes.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Syllabification: mes‧ta

Adjective

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mesta

  1. feminine singular of mesto

Swedish

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Adverb

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mesta

  1. definite singular of mest

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