päästä

Finnish

p
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to get to, reach, arrive at/in a place
  • (intransitive) to get to go, be allowed/permitted to go
  • (intransitive) to get in, be admitted to
  • (intransitive) to make it to, get to a place/level, reach, attain, achieve
  • (intransitive) to manage to do, to happen by accident
  • (intransitive) to get rid of a person; to get over a feeling
  • (intransitive) to avoid, escape, get out of, not have/need, be spared the necessity of 1=doing/to do = act. 3rd inf. in elat.
  • (intransitive) to evade, elude, escape, get off/get by
  • (intransitive) to be released/discharged from a hospital, from prison

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *päästäk.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*päästäk

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