perillä
Finnish
Etymology
Adessive plural form of perä (in its archaic sense "ground"), which could be translated literally as "on the rears".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈperilːæ/, [ˈpe̞rilːæ]
- Rhymes: -erilːæ
- Syllabification(key): pe‧ril‧lä
- Hyphenation(key): pe‧ril‧lä
Adverb
perillä
- at the destination
- Olemme perillä.
- We have arrived/reached our destination.
Inflection
| →○ | allative | perille |
|---|---|---|
| ○ | adessive | perillä |
| ○→ | ablative | – |
Noun
perillä
Further reading
- “perillä”, 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 3 July 2023