See also: Edessa and Edessae

Finnish

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Etymology

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Inessive singular of esi-. Cognate with Estonian ees.

Pronunciation

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

Postposition

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edessä [with genitive and/or possessive form]

  1. (static) in front of
    Antonym: takana
    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.

Usage notes

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  • If the complement is a personal pronoun, edessä 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).

Adverb

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edessä

  1. (static) ahead
    Antonym: takana
  2. in the way
    Synonym: tiellä
    En minä voi, kun olet edessä!
    I can't when you're in the way!

Usage notes

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

Inflection

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

Derived terms

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

Further reading

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