postpositio

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin postpositiō (from postpositum, the passive past participle of postponō), probably via Swedish postposition.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpostˌpositio/,
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation(key): post‧posi‧tio

Noun

postpositio

  1. (grammar) postposition

Declension

Inflection of postpositio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of postpositio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)

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Further reading

  • postpositio”, 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
  • The Finnish language uses a lot of postpositions. For more information, see the Wikipedia article on Finnish grammar.