päällitse

Finnish

Etymology

päällä (on top of) +‎ -itse (by the way of)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæːlːitseˣ/, [ˈpæːlːits̠e̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -æːlːitse
  • Syllabification(key): pääl‧lit‧se
  • Hyphenation(key): pääl‧lit‧se

Postposition

päällitse [with genitive] (uncommon)

  1. over, above (by the way of going over or above something)
    Synonyms: yli, ylitse
    Lintu lensi pääni päällitse.
    A bird flew over my head.
    • 1938, The Holy Bible, Acts 27:14:
      Mutta ennen pitkää syöksyi saaren päällitse raju tuuli, niin sanottu koillismyrsky.
      But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo.

Usage notes

This word is used rather seldom. As an example, the synonym ylitse gets 300 times as many Google hits.

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