edessä

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See also: Edessa and Edessae

Finnish

Etymology

Inessive singular of esi-. Cognate with Estonian ees.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈedesːæ/, [ˈe̞de̞s̠ːæ]
  • Rhymes: -edesːæ
  • Syllabification(key): e‧des‧sä

Postposition

edessä (genitive or possessive suffix +)

  1. (static) in front of
    Hän seisoo talon edessä.
    S/he stands in front of the house.
    Hän seisoo (meidän) edessämme.
    S/he stands in front of us.
    Hän seisoo talomme edessä.
    S/he stands in front of our house.

Inflection

Personal/possessive forms of edessä
no possessor edessä
possessor singular plural
1st person edessäni edessämme
2nd person edessäsi edessänne
3rd person edessään
edessänsä

Usage notes

  • If the headword is a personal pronoun, edessä takes a possessive suffix.
  • If the headword is minä (I), sinä (you), me (we) or te (you), it may be omitted.

Antonyms

Related terms

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

Compounds