vastassa

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑstɑsːɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠tɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑstɑsːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vas‧tas‧sa

Etymology 1

Inessive singular of vasta-.

Postposition

vastassa (+ partitive and/or possessive suffix)

1. opposite, across
2. in the way (of)
3. faced with

   Nyt on vastassasi Pahatar, prinssi, ja kaikki helvetin voimat!

   Now you shall deal with me, fair prince, and all the powers of hell!

4. waiting (for), to receive, in reception (of)
5. against (of a position, touching)

Inflection

Declension of vasta- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative vasta- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative – – inessive vastassa – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative vastaan – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative – – essive – – situative vastakkain – translative – – oppositive vastatusten – abessive – – instructive vasten vastoin comitative – –

• A possessive suffix can be used if the complement is a personal pronoun (which can then be omitted if it is a first-person or second-person pronoun). Alternatively the partitive form of the personal pronoun may be used.

Personal/possessive forms of vastassa
no possessor	vastassa
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vastassani	vastassamme
2nd person	vastassasi	vastassanne
3rd person	vastassaan vastassansa

Further reading

• “vastassa”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Noun

vastassa

1. inessive singular of vasta

Anagrams

• vatsassa