viime

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FinnishEdit

(index v)

PronunciationEdit

• Hyphenation: vii‧me
• IPA^(key): /ˈviːme/

EtymologyEdit

• From the same stem *wiŋe-, "end", as the verb viipyä.

AdjectiveEdit

viime (indeclinable, not compared)

1. past, last (most recent, last so far).

   viime vuonna

   in the past year

   last year

   viime kesänä

   last summer

2. Last, dying (unsuffixed of the adjective viimeinen, synonymous but used especially in literature and idioms).

   viime henkäys

   last breath

   viime hetki

   last moment

   Päivänvalon viime hetkinä huomasin purjeen horisontissa.

   In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.

InflectionEdit

• The two inflected forms of viime are used as adverbs.

noun case singular plural nominative viime — genitive — — — partitive — — inessive — — elative — — illative — — adessive — — ablative — — allative — — essive — — translative viimeksi — instructive — viimein abessive — — comitative — —

SynonymsEdit

• (last, dying): viimeinen