poissa

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Etymology

The inessive singular of poikki-, through earlier and dialectal poijessa, poiessa (< *poige-ssa). See pois for details on development.

Pronunciation

Adverb

poissa (not comparable)

  1. (static) absent, gone, not there/here, away
    Hän on poissa.
    S/he is gone. (cf. pois)
  2. out of, away from
    Poissa silmistä, poissa mielestä.
    Out of sight, out of mind.
  3. (euphemistic) dead
    Synonyms: see kuollut

Inflection

Declension of poikki-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative poikki- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative pois
poikki		 –
inessive poissa –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – –
allative – –prolative poikitse –
essive – –situative poikittain –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive – poikin
comitative – –

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Verb

poissa

  1. third-person singular past historic of poisser
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