apeissaan
Finnish
Etymology
apea + -ssa (“inessive case ending”) + -an (“3rd person possessive suffix”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑpei̯sːɑːn/, [ˈɑ̝pe̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -ɑpeisːɑːn
- Syllabification(key): a‧peis‧saan
- Hyphenation(key): apeis‧saan
Adverb
apeissaan
- down, sad, dispirited, depressed
- Markku on kovin apeissaan. Tiedätkö, mikä häntä painaa?
- Markku is quite depressed. Do you know what bothers him?
Inflection
| Personal/possessive forms of apeissaan | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | apeissani | apeissamme |
| 2nd person | apeissasi | apeissanne |
| 3rd person | apeissaan apeissansa | |
Synonyms
Further reading
- “apeissaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023