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esi-

esi-

See also: esi, ESI, êsi, ėsi, eşi, and -ësi

Finnish

Prefix

esi-

  1. pre-, fore-.

Inflection

Declension of esi- (type käsi)
noun case singular plural adverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative esi- – superessive – –
genitive – – delative – –
partitive – – sublative – –
accusative – – lative (edes) –
inessive edessä – temporal – –
elative edestä – causative – –
illative eteen esiin multiplicative – –
adessive edellä esillä distributive – –
ablative edeltä esiltä temp. dist. – –
allative edelle esille prolative editse –
essive – – situative – –
translative – – oppositive – –
instructive etenkin
etenkään 		–
abessive – –
comitative – –

The cases of esi- serve in Finnish only as adverbs. The instructive singular is always used with the enclitic particle -kin or -kään. Declension scheme is the same as type 27 (käsi), except of some missing, not used forms; and the two extra instructive singular forms etenkin and etenkään.

Antonyms

Derived terms

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Related terms

  • See the inflection table.

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

Zulu

Prefix

esi- ‎(relative concord)

  1. First-person plural relative concord.
  2. Class 7 relative concord.

Prefix

esi- ‎(adjective concord)

  1. Class 7 adjective concord.

See also

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *eci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede; a cognate of Hungarian elő.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈesi/
  • Rhymes: -esi
  • Hyphenation: e‧si

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