poikitse

Finnish

Etymology

poikki- +‎ -itse

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpoi̯kitseˣ/, [ˈpo̞i̯k̟its̠e̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -oikitse
  • Syllabification(key): poi‧kit‧se

Adverb

poikitse (dialectal, rare, poetic, dated)

  1. (Tavastia) (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out.
    • 1849, Elias Lönnrot, “Rune XXVI”, in John Martin Crawford, transl., Kalevala‎:
      Aivin on joki tulinen poikitse hevon e’essä.
      Found a stream of fire opposing;
      Ran the fire-stream like a river,
      Ran across the hero's pathway.

Synonyms

Postposition

poikitse (+ genitive) (dialectal, rare, poetic, dated)

  1. (Tavastia) Across, through.

Declension
Declension of poikki-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative poikki- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative pois
poikki		 –
inessive poissa –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – –
allative – –prolative poikitse –
essive – –situative poikittain –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive – poikin
comitative – –

Synonyms
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