häpeissään

Finnish

Etymology

The inessive plural of häpeä (häpeissä) with a possessive suffix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhæpei̯sːæːn/, [ˈhæpe̞i̯s̠ːæːn]
  • Rhymes: -æpeisːæːn
  • Syllabification(key): hä‧peis‧sään
  • Hyphenation(key): hä‧peis‧sään

Adverb

häpeissään

  1. ashamed [with elative ‘of’]
    He olivat hyvin häpeissään häviöstä.
    They were very ashamed of the defeat.

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

Personal/possessive forms of häpeissään
no possessor —
possessor singular plural
1st person häpeissäni häpeissämme
2nd person häpeissäsi häpeissänne
3rd person häpeissään
häpeissänsä

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