ympäri

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See also: ympäri-

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ümpärik (compare Estonian ümber, Ingrian ympäär, Karelian ümbari, Veps ümbri, Votic ümper), equivalent to lative ympär- +‎ -i, the root ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ympäri

  1. around (from one state or condition to an opposite or very different one)
    kääntää ympäri ― to turn around
    puhua ympäri ― to jawbone
    Käännä autosi ympäri!
    Turn your car around!
  2. over, upside down
    Synonym: ylösalaisin
    kääntää ympäri ― to turn upside down, to upend (to tip or turn over)

Postposition

ympäri

  1. around, on the perimeter
    kellon ympäri. ― around the clock.
    Maa pyörähtää akselinsa ympäri kerran vuorokaudessa.
    The Earth spins around its axis once every 24 hours.

Preposition

ympäri

  1. all over
    Olet jättänyt likapyykkiäsi ympäri taloa.
    You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.

Inflection

Declension of ympäri
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative – –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative ympäri –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative ympäriinsä –multiplicative – –
adessive ympärillä –distributive – –
ablative ympäriltä –temp. dist. – –
allative ympärille –prolative ympäritse –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

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