postpositio
Finnish
Etymology
- Derived from Latin postpositio → postpositionem (from postpositum, the passive past participle of postponere), probably via Swedish postposition.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: post‧po‧si‧ti‧o
- IPA(key): [ˈpostˌpositio]
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 | |
| instructive | — | postpositioin | |
| abessive | postpositiotta | postpositioitta | |
| comitative | — | postpositioineen | |
Antonyms
- (postposition) prepositio
Hypernyms
Further reading
- The Finnish language uses a lot of postpositions. For more information, see the Wikipedia article on Finnish grammar.
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