lähi-

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See also: lahi and Lahi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lähe- (compare Estonian läheda (adjective), Livonian ležgõl (adverb), Livvi ľähekkäh (adverb) and Votic lʹähe (adverb)), probably from Proto-Uralic *läse (compare Eastern Mari лишне (ĺišńe), Tundra Nenets ет’ (yet’) and possibly Hungarian le-).

Pronunciation

Prefix

lähi- (comparative lähempi, superlative lähin)

  1. near, close
    lähitulevaisuus ― near future

Inflection

  • There is also a comparative lähempi and superlative lähin.
  • The cases of lähi- serve in Finnish only as adverbs.
Declension of lähi-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative lähi- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative lähes –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive lähellä –distributive – –
ablative läheltä –temp. dist. – –
allative lähelle –prolative lähitse –
essive läsnä –situative lähekkäin –
translative – –oppositive lähetysten –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –

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References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “lähi-”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
  • Ruppel, Klaas, editor (2021–2023), Suomen etymologinen sanakirja [Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 72)‎ (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISSN
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  • “lähi-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

Veps

Etymology

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

Prefix

lähi-

  1. close, near

Derived terms

Category Veps terms prefixed with lähi- not found
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