haistat

Haistat is a Finnish verb form. It is the second-person singular present indicative form of the verb haistaa, which means to smell or to sniff. As a morphological form, haistat marks that the subject is performing the action of smelling and refers specifically to “you.”

Morphology and related forms. In Finnish present tense, the verb haistaa follows a regular pattern for personal endings. The present tense paradigm is: minä haistan, sinä haistat, hän haisee, me haistamme, te haistatte, he haistavat. The form haistat uses the stem haist- plus the second-person singular ending -at. The infinitive is haistaa, and the third-person singular present is haisee. The word haistat is not a standalone lexical entry but a conjugated form of the verb.

Usage and examples. Haistat is used to describe that someone is smelling something. It can appear in statements or questions, such as “Sinä haistat kahvia” (You smell coffee) or “Haistatko kahvia?” (Are you smelling coffee?). In everyday Finnish, the object of haistaa typically appears in the partitive case, as in kahvia, to indicate the smelled substance. The form is common in ordinary conversation when noting sensory perception or describing actions involving scent.

Relation to related terms. Haistat derives from haistaa, which covers both literal smelling and related sensory perception. Related forms include haistan (I smell), haistamme (we smell), and haistavat (they smell). See also haista and haisee for broader conjugation and usage.

References. For grammar and usage, see Finnish verb conjugation resources and dictionaries that cover haistaa and its present-tense forms.