edelle

Finnish

Etymology

Allative singular of esi-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈedelːeˣ/, [ˈe̞de̞lːe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -edelːe
  • Syllabification(key): e‧del‧le
  • Hyphenation(key): edel‧le

Adverb

edelle

  1. before, to before

Postposition

edelle [with genitive and/or possessive form]

  1. (of movement) before, ahead (of)
    Antonym: taakse
    Hän kiri heidän edelleen.
    S/he sprinted ahead of them.
    Compared to edellä, this means he/she was not ahead of them before, but is now.

Inflection

Declension of esi- (type 27*F/käsi)
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative esi- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative edes –
inessive edessä –temporal – –
elative edestä –causative – –
illative eteen esiinmultiplicative – –
adessive edellä esillädistributive – –
ablative edeltä esiltätemp. dist. – –
allative edelle esilleprolative editse –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive etenkin
etenkään		 –
comitative – –
Personal/possessive forms of edelle
no possessor edelle
possessor singular plural
1st person edelleni edellemme
2nd person edellesi edellenne
3rd person edelleen
edellensä

Derived terms

compounds
  • edellepäin

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

Further reading

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