heitä

heitä is a Finnish verb form that functions as the imperative singular of the verb heittää, meaning to throw. In everyday use, it is a direct command to one person, for example, Heitä se tänne (Throw it here) or Heitä pois (Throw it away). The form can appear as heitä or, at the beginning of a sentence, as Heitä.

In addition to the imperative, the base verb heittää appears in other tenses and moods. The infinitive is heittää, and the finite forms vary by person and number (for example, minä heitän "I throw," heittää being the root form). The past participle is heitetty, which is used to form perfect and passive constructions, as in olen heittänyt (I have thrown) or heitettyyn tilaan (into a thrown/moved state).

Pronunciation is consistent with Finnish phonology: the vowels ä and i are pronounced distinctly, with stress typically on the first syllable of the word.

Etymology traces the form to the Finnish verb heittää, part of a core group of motion verbs involved in throwing, tossing, or projecting objects. The imperative form heitä is a common, everyday command across contexts such as sports, workplace instructions, and casual speech. Related terms include heittäminen (the act of throwing) and heittäytyminen (a more figurative or reflexive form meaning “to throw oneself”).