edestä

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Elative singular of esi-. Cognate with Estonian eest.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈedestæ/, [ˈe̞de̞s̠tæ]
  • Rhymes: -edestæ
  • Syllabification(key): e‧des‧tä

Postposition[edit]

edestä (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)

  1. from in front of, from before; out of the way of
    Antonym: takaa
    Hän siirtyi talon edestä sivuun.
    S/he moved aside from in front of the house.
    Löysin talomme edestä sieniä.
    I found mushrooms in front of our house.
  2. for, on behalf of
    Synonym: puolesta
    Vanhemmat raatoivat lastensa edestä.
    The parents toiled for their children.
  3. (chiefly dialectal) for, equal to
    Tein töitä kahden edestä.
    I did the work of two.
    Saisinko kymmenen euron edestä mansikoita?
    Can I have ten euros' worth of strawberries?

Usage notes[edit]

  • If the complement is a personal pronoun, edestä takes a possessive suffix, and the pronoun can then be omitted if it is a first-person or second-person pronoun (as is standard with possessive suffixes):
    Metso lähti lentoon aivan (minun) edestäni.
    A wood grouse took wing right in front of me.
    Edestämme kuului avunhuutoja.
    In front of us we heard cries for help.

Inflection[edit]

Personal/possessive forms of edestä
no possessor edestä
possessor singular plural
1st person edestäni edestämme
2nd person edestäsi edestänne
3rd person edestään
edestänsä

Adverb[edit]

edestä

  1. from the front, from ahead
    Antonym: takaa (from behind)
    Tuuli puhaltaa suoraan edestä.
    The wind blows straight from ahead.
  2. out of the way
    Synonym: tieltä
    Pois edestä!
    Get out of the way!
    Pois edestäni!
    Get out of my way!

Usage notes[edit]

Can be used postpositionally (+ genitive) and/or with a possessive suffix (when the complement is a personal pronoun).

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

Related terms[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]