prepositio

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin praepositiō (from praepositum, the passive past participle of praeponō), probably via Swedish preposition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprepositio/, [ˈpre̞po̞ˌs̠it̪io̞]
• Rhymes: -itio
• Syllabification^(key): pre‧po‧si‧ti‧o

Noun

prepositio

1. (grammar) preposition

Declension

Inflection of prepositio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		prepositio	prepositiot
genitive		preposition	prepositioiden prepositioitten
partitive		prepositiota	prepositioita
illative		prepositioon	prepositioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		prepositio	prepositiot
accusative	nom.	prepositio	prepositiot
	gen.	preposition
genitive		preposition	prepositioiden prepositioitten
partitive		prepositiota	prepositioita
inessive		prepositiossa	prepositioissa
elative		prepositiosta	prepositioista
illative		prepositioon	prepositioihin
adessive		prepositiolla	prepositioilla
ablative		prepositiolta	prepositioilta
allative		prepositiolle	prepositioille
essive		prepositiona	prepositioina
translative		prepositioksi	prepositioiksi
instructive		—	prepositioin
abessive		prepositiotta	prepositioitta
comitative		—	prepositioineen

Possessive forms of prepositio (type valtio)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	prepositioni	prepositiomme
2nd person	prepositiosi	prepositionne
3rd person	prepositionsa

Synonyms

• etusana

Antonyms

• (preposition): postpositio

Hypernyms

• adpositio

Derived terms

• prepositionaali
• prepositionaalinen