postpositio
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.