edes

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See also: EDES, édes, ėdęs, and -edes

Finnish

Etymology

esi- +‎ -s (s-lative singular); originally "forward, forwards".

Pronunciation

Adverb

edes

  1. even (suggesting an absolute minimum in a question)
    Voiko hän edes juosta?
    Is he even able to run?
  2. at least (suggesting an absolute minimum in a positive statement)
    Synonyms: ainakin, vähintään
    Voisit edes lähettää hänelle kortin.
    You could at least send her/him a postcard.
    Anna kymmenen tai edes viisi euroa.
    Give me ten or at least five euros.
  3. anyway (in any event)
    Synonyms: kuitenkin, kumminkin, sentään
    Hyvä, että edes ilma oli kaunis.
    Well, the weather was beautiful anyway.
  4. even, so much as (suggesting the lack of even a minimum of something in a negative statement)
    Synonym: -kaan
    Asun talossa, jossa ei ole edes vesijohtoa.
    I live in a house which doesn't even have tap water.
    Hän käveli huoneeseen kysymättä edes lupaa ja alkoi selailla heidän tiedostojaan.
    Without so much as asking, he walked into the room and started digging through their files.
    Älä edes kuvittele!
    Don't even think of it!
    Edes NN ei osannut auttaa.
    Even NN was not able to help.
  5. (as modifier) for-, fore-, forth (signifies being in front of something, often figuratively)
    edesmennyt ― deceased (compare foregone)
    edestakaisin ― back and forth
    edesvastuu ― legal liability (liability in front of the law)
  6. (as headword) on, onward (in some time-related expressions)
    tästedes ― from now on
  7. (dialectal, dated) forward, forwards

Inflection

Declension of esi- (type 27*F/käsi)
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative esi- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative edes –
inessive edessä –temporal – –
elative edestä –causative – –
illative eteen esiinmultiplicative – –
adessive edellä esillädistributive – –
ablative edeltä esiltätemp. dist. – –
allative edelle esilleprolative editse –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive etenkin
etenkään		 –
comitative – –

Derived terms

compounds
  • See the inflection table.

See also

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

ēdēs f (genitive ēdis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of aedēs, alternative form of aedis (“temple, shrine, tomb, room", sing.: "dwelling (of gods)", pl.: "house, abode (for people)”)
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ēdēs ēdēs
Genitive ēdis ēdium
Dative ēdī ēdibus
Accusative ēdem ēdēs
ēdīs
Ablative ēde ēdibus
Vocative ēdēs ēdēs

Etymology 2

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

Verb

edēs

  1. second-person singular future active indicative of edō

Etymology 3

Form of the verb ēdō (“I dispatch”).

Verb

ēdēs

  1. second-person singular future active indicative of ēdō

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish edessä.

Adverb

edes

  1. in front (stationary)

Postposition

edes

  1. in front of, at the front of (stationary location)

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “впереди, перед, передо”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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