poikitse

Finnish

Etymology

poikki- +‎ -itse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kitseˣ/, [ˈpo̞i̯k̟its̠e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -oikitse
• Syllabification^(key): poi‧kit‧se

Adverb

poikitse (dialectal, rare, poetic, dated)

1. (Tavastia) (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out.
   • 1849, Elias Lönnrot, “Rune XXVI”, in John Martin Crawford, transl., Kalevala‎^[1]:

     Aivin on joki tulinen poikitse hevon e’essä.

     Found a stream of fire opposing;
     Ran the fire-stream like a river,
     Ran across the hero's pathway.

Synonyms

• (here and there etc.): levällään

Postposition

poikitse (+ genitive) (dialectal, rare, poetic, dated)

1. (Tavastia) Across, through.

Declension

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 – –

Synonyms

• (across, through): poikki

Related terms

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