edeltä

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Ablative singular of esi-. Cognate to Estonian eelt.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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edeltä

  1. in advance, beforehand

Postposition

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edeltä (+ genitive and/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

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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

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

Further reading

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