edeltä

Finnish

Etymology

Ablative singular of esi, from Proto-Finnic *eci. Cognate to Estonian eelt. Compare also esi-.

Pronunciation

Adverb

edeltä

  1. in advance, beforehand.

Postposition

edeltä (+ genitive)

  1. from before, from ahead of:
    Hän tuli heidän edeltään takaisin.
    S/he came back from ahead of them.

Inflection
Declension of edeltä
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative esi- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative (edes) –
inessive edessä –temporal – –
elative edestä –causative – –
illative eteen esiinmultiplicative – –
adessive edellä esillädistributive – –
ablative edeltä esiltätemp. dist. – –
allative edelle esilleprolative editse –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
instructive etenkin
etenkään		 –
abessive – –
comitative – –

Antonyms
  • (from before, from ahead of) takaa

Compounds
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