poissa

Finnish

Alternative forms

• poikessa (dialectal)

Etymology

Inessive singular of poikki- (*poi(ge)s-na).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯sːɑ/, [ˈpo̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oisːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pois‧sa

Adverb

poissa (not comparable)

1. (static) absent, gone, not there/here, away

   Hän on poissa.

   S/he is gone. (cf. pois)

2. (+ elative) out of, away from

   Poissa silmistä, poissa mielestä.

   Out of sight, out of mind.

3. (euphemistic) dead

   Synonym: see kuollut

Inflection

Declension of poikki- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative poikki- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative pois poikki – inessive poissa – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative poikitse – essive – – situative poikittain – translative – – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – poikin comitative – –

Derived terms

• poissaoleva
• poissaolo

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• poikkinainen
• poikittainen
• poiketa
• poistaa
• poistua

Idioms

• poissa silmistä, poissa mielestä = out of sight, out of mind
• poissa tolaltaan = beside oneself

Anagrams

• passio

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: poissas, poissât

Verb

poissa

1. third-person singular past historic of poisser