peruste

perustaa (“to establish, found on, base on”) +‎ -e. Coined by Finnish physician and translator Wolmar Schildt in 1846.

• IPA^(key): /ˈperusteˣ/, [ˈpe̞rus̠te̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -eruste
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧rus‧te

peruste

1. grounds (basis or justification)

   Millä perusteella... ― On which grounds...

2. basis (foundation for an argument or hypothesis)
3. reason (thought or a consideration offered in support, explanation or as cause of an opinion, a conclusion or an action)
4. argument (a fact or statement used to support a proposition)

   Minun perusteeni A:n puolesta on... ― My argument in favor of A is..

5. principle (fundamental assumption or foundation of a theory)

   Geometrian perusteet ― Principles of geometry / Basics of geometry

• With a nominal ("grounds for X"), the nominal is in the illative case, the allative case (in these two cases, it usually comes after peruste) or in the genitive case (in which case it usually comes before peruste). With a verb ("grounds to X"), the verb is in the first infinitive form.

• perus-
• perustaa
• perustella
• väärin perustein (wrongly, under false pretences)

• “peruste”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

• purseet

peruste

1. feminine plural of perusto

peruste

1. vocative masculine singular of perustus