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edellä

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Finnish

Etymology

Adessive singular of esi-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈedelːæ/, [ˈe̞de̞lːæ]
  • Rhymes: -edelːæ
  • Syllabification(key): e‧del‧lä
  • Hyphenation(key): edel‧lä

Adverb

edellä (comparative edemmällä, no superlative)

  1. above, before (in text)
    Synonym: yllä
    Kuten edellä totesimme, me emme mahda asialle mitään.
    As we noted above, there's nothing we can do about it.

Postposition

edellä [with genitive and/or possessive form]

  1. (locative) before, ahead of, in advance of
    Antonym: takana
    Hän juoksi heidän edellään.
    S/he ran ahead of them.
    Compared to edelle, this means he/she was ahead of them this entire time, as opposed to running in front of them now.

Postposition

edellä [with nominative]

  1. first, in front
    Hän juoksi pää edellä puskaan.
    S/he ran head first into the bush.

Inflection

More information noun case, singular ...
More information Personal/possessive forms of, no possessor ...

Derived terms

See the inflection table above and the derived terms under esi-.

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