yhdesti
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]yksi (“one”) + -sti (multiplicative singular)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]yhdesti (not comparable)
Usage notes
[edit]Although grammatically fully correct, yhdesti is, both in standard Finnish and in spoken Finnish, practically always replaced by saying (yhden) kerran – yhdesti is, however, quite normally used in mathematics, physics and chemistry.
Further reading
[edit]- “yhdesti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04