takaisin

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑkɑi̯sin/, [ˈt̪ɑkɑi̯s̠in]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkɑisin
  • Syllabification(key): ta‧kai‧sin

Etymology 1

From taka- (“rear, backside”) +‎ -isin (temporal distributive). Sense 2 possibly a semantic loan from Swedish tillbaka or English back.

Adverb

takaisin

  1. back
    Mennään takaisin.
    Let's go back.
    Synonym: (dialectal) takasten
  2. (colloquial, static, proscribed) back
    Olemme takaisin siinä, mistä aloitimme.
    We are back where we started from.
    Synonyms: taas, jälleen, palannut
Usage notes

Kotus proscribes sense 2 as incorrect.[1]

Inflection
Declension of takaisin
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative taka- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive takaa –sublative – –
accusative – –lative (taas) –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – takaisin
allative – –prolative taitse –
essive takana –situative – –
translative taa
taakse		 –oppositive – –
instructive – –
abessive – –
comitative – –

Etymology 2

Verb

takaisin

  1. first-person singular present conditional of taata
    (Minä) takaisin onnesi, jos voisin.
    I would guarantee your happiness if I could.

Adjective

takaisin

  1. superlative degree of takainen
  2. instructive plural of takainen
Declension
Inflection of takaisin (Kotus type 36/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
nominative takaisin takaisimmat
genitive takaisimman takaisimpien
takaisinten
partitive takaisinta takaisimpia
illative takaisimpaan takaisimpiin
singular plural
nominative takaisin takaisimmat
accusative nom. takaisin takaisimmat
gen. takaisimman
genitive takaisimman takaisimpien
takaisinten
takaisimpainrare
partitive takaisinta takaisimpia
inessive takaisimmassa takaisimmissa
elative takaisimmasta takaisimmista
illative takaisimpaan takaisimpiin
adessive takaisimmalla takaisimmilla
ablative takaisimmalta takaisimmilta
allative takaisimmalle takaisimmille
essive takaisimpana takaisimpina
translative takaisimmaksi takaisimmiksi
instructive — takaisimmin
abessive takaisimmatta takaisimmitta
comitative — takaisimpine
Possessive forms of takaisin (type sisin)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person takaisimpani takaisimpamme
2nd person takaisimpasi takaisimpanne
3rd person takaisimpansa

References
  1. Marjatta Vilkamaa-Viljala (2008), “Milloin takaisin?”, in Kotus 1/2008‎, retrieved 2022-01-03

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