iltapäivä

Compound of ilta (“evening”) +‎ päivä (“day”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈiltɑˌpæi̯ʋæ/, [ˈil̪t̪ɑ̝ˌpæi̯ʋæ]
• Rhymes: -æiʋæ
• Syllabification^(key): il‧ta‧päi‧vä
• Hyphenation^(key): ilta‧päivä

iltapäivä

1. An afternoon, roughly the period between 12 noon and 6 p.m.

As with all words for times of day (except päivä) in Finnish, the adessive case (iltapäivällä) is normally used when talking about events that will take place or took place in the afternoon. The essive case (iltapäivänä) is used instead, however, if there is a determiner like tämä (“this”), viime (“last”) or ensi (“next”); if the day is specified otherwise, either the adessive or essive case can be used. As usual, other uses, e.g. when postponing events (allative) or with asti (“until”) (illative), may use other locative cases.

• “iltapäivä”, 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