postpositio
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin postpositiō (from postpositum, the passive past participle of postponō), probably via Swedish postposition.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
postpositio
Declension[edit]
Inflection of postpositio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | postpositio | postpositiot | ||
genitive | postposition | postpositioiden postpositioitten | ||
partitive | postpositiota | postpositioita | ||
illative | postpositioon | postpositioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | postpositio | postpositiot | ||
accusative | nom. | postpositio | postpositiot | |
gen. | postposition | |||
genitive | postposition | postpositioiden postpositioitten | ||
partitive | postpositiota | postpositioita | ||
inessive | postpositiossa | postpositioissa | ||
elative | postpositiosta | postpositioista | ||
illative | postpositioon | postpositioihin | ||
adessive | postpositiolla | postpositioilla | ||
ablative | postpositiolta | postpositioilta | ||
allative | postpositiolle | postpositioille | ||
essive | postpositiona | postpositioina | ||
translative | postpositioksi | postpositioiksi | ||
abessive | postpositiotta | postpositioitta | ||
instructive | — | postpositioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (postposition) prepositio
Hypernyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “postpositio”, 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 2023-07-03
- The Finnish language uses a lot of postpositions. For more information, see the Wikipedia article on Finnish grammar.