pääl

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Ingrian

Spatial inflection of pääl
↗︎○ allative päälle
adessive pääl
○↘︎ ablative päält

Pronunciation

Adverb

pääl

  1. (of location) on top
  2. (of location) above

Preposition

pääl (+ genitive)

  1. (of location) on top of
  2. (of location) above

Postposition

pääl (+ genitive)

  1. (of location) on top of
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Töö saatta tiitä kuin suur ono maa, millaist hää ono formaa ja mitä ono hänen pääl.
      You will get to know how the earth is big, what kind of shape it is and what is on top of it.
  2. (of location) above
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 51:
      Aeroplanat joukon pääl.
      Aeroplanes above the troops.

Usage notes

  • Often used instead of the adessive case for any of its various other uses.

Antonyms

  • al (underneath)

Derived terms

Noun

pääl

  1. adessive singular of pää

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 453
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 14