postpositio
Appearance
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]- (antonym(s) of “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.