läsnä

See also: lasna

Finnish

Etymology

The locative singular of lähi- (“near, close”), equivalent to läs- +‎ -nä. The original -s- in lähi- is retained, which may hint at this word being a very old derivative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlæsnæ/, [ˈlæs̠næ]
  • Rhymes: -æsnæ
  • Syllabification(key): läs‧nä
  • Hyphenation(key): läs‧nä

Adverb

läsnä (not comparable)

  1. present (being in the immediate vicinity)
    olla läsnä ― to be present, to attend
    Olin läsnä, kun se tapahtui.
    I was present when it happened.
  2. (often in compounds) in person (present in actuality, not through media)
    Antonyms: etänä, etä-
    Olivatko kaikki läsnä kokouksessa?
    Did everybody attend the meeting?

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

Declension of lähi-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative lähi- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative lähes –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive lähellä –distributive – –
ablative läheltä –temp. dist. – –
allative lähelle –prolative lähitse –
essive läsnä –situative lähekkäin –
translative – –oppositive lähetysten –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –

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