taakse

Finnish

Etymology

taka- +‎ -kse, lative inflection.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːkseˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ːks̠e̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːkse
  • Syllabification(key): taak‧se
  • Hyphenation(key): taak‧se

Postposition

taakse [with genitive and/or possessive form]

  1. behind, to behind
    Synonym: (poetic or dialectal) taa
    Antonym: eteen
    Jätimme heidät kauas taakse.
    We left them far behind.
    Mene talon taakse!
    Go behind the house!
  2. (nautical) abaft, aft, astern (of)
    Antonym: eteen

Adverb

taakse (comparative taemmaksi, superlative taimmaksi)

  1. towards the back

Inflection

Declension of taka-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative taka- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive takaa –sublative – –
accusative – –lative taas
taa		 –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – takaisin
allative – –prolative taitse –
essive takana –situative – –
translative taakse –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –
Personal/possessive forms of taakse
no possessor taakse
possessor singular plural
1st person taakseni taaksemme
2nd person taaksesi taaksenne
3rd person taakseen
taaksensa

Derived terms

compounds
  • See the inflection table.

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