eksyksissä

Finnish

Etymology

The inessive plural of eksyä (“to get lost, to lose one's way”) with the interfix -ksi-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeksyksisːæ/, [ˈe̞ks̠ykˌs̠is̠ːæ]
  • Rhymes: -isːæ
  • Syllabification(key): ek‧syk‧sis‧sä
  • Hyphenation(key): ek‧syk‧sis‧sä

Adverb

eksyksissä

  1. lost, astray (in the state of being unable to find one's way)
    Olemme eksyksissä.
    We are lost.

Usage notes

This adverb can be used predicatively with olla (“to be”); it can be used as an adjective in other positions (such as attributively) by using oleva.

Inflection

→○ illative eksyksiin
○ inessive eksyksissä
○→ elative eksyksistä

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