heitteille

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhei̯tːei̯lːeˣ/, [ˈhe̞i̯t̪ːe̞i̯lːe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -eitːeilːe
  • Syllabification(key): heit‧teil‧le
  • Hyphenation(key): heit‧teil‧le

Adverb

heitteille

  1. abandoned, neglected (to the state of abandonment, neglection or lack of care)
    Lapsi jäi heitteille viisivuotiaana, kun hänen äitinsä kuoli.
    The child was left without care in the age of five, when his mother died.

Usage notes

This is an adverb. If there's a need to use it attributively, it must be combined with active present participle of a verb, e.g. jättää (“to leave, abandon”) of jäädä (“to become left alone or abandoned”).

Heitteille jätetty nurmikko on ikävä näky.
A lawn left without care is a sad sight.

Inflection

→○ allative heitteille
○ adessive heitteillä
○→ ablative heitteiltä

Derived terms

compounds

Noun

heitteille

  1. allative plural of heite

Further reading

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