vastassa

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inessive singular of vasta-.

Postposition

vastassa (+ partitive and/or possessive suffix)

  1. opposite, across
  2. in the way (of)
  3. faced with
    Nyt on vastassasi Pahatar, prinssi, ja kaikki helvetin voimat!
    Now you shall deal with me, fair prince, and all the powers of hell!
  4. waiting (for), to receive, in reception (of)
  5. against (of a position, touching)
Inflection
Declension of vasta-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative vasta- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative – –
inessive vastassa –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative vastaan –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – –
allative – –prolative – –
essive – –situative vastakkain –
translative – –oppositive vastatusten –
abessive – –
instructive vasten vastoin
comitative – –
  • A possessive suffix can be used if the complement is a personal pronoun (which can then be omitted if it is a first-person or second-person pronoun). Alternatively the partitive form of the personal pronoun may be used.
Personal/possessive forms of vastassa
no possessor vastassa
possessor singular plural
1st person vastassani vastassamme
2nd person vastassasi vastassanne
3rd person vastassaan
vastassansa

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

vastassa

  1. inessive singular of vasta

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