edeltä

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ablative singular of esi-. Cognate to Estonian eelt.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈedeltæ/, [ˈe̞de̞l̪t̪æ]
  • Rhymes: -edeltæ
  • Syllabification(key): e‧del‧tä

Adverb[edit]

edeltä

  1. in advance, beforehand

Postposition[edit]

edeltä (+ genitive or possessive suffix)

  1. from before, from ahead of
    Antonym: takaa
    Hän tuli heidän edeltään takaisin.
    S/he came back from ahead of them.

Inflection[edit]

Personal/possessive forms of edeltä
no possessor edeltä
possessor singular plural
1st person edeltäni edeltämme
2nd person edeltäsi edeltänne
3rd person edeltään
edeltänsä

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

Related terms[edit]

See the inflection table above and the derived terms under esi-.

Further reading[edit]