poissa

Finnish

Alternative forms

• poikessa (dialectal)

Etymology

The inessive singular of poikki-, through earlier and dialectal poijessa, poiessa (< *poige-ssa). See pois for details on development.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯sːɑ/, [ˈpo̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oisːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pois‧sa

Adverb

poissa (not comparable)

1. (static) absent, gone, not there/here, away

   Hän on poissa.

   S/he is gone. (cf. pois)

2. out of, away from [with elative]

   Poissa silmistä, poissa mielestä.

   Out of sight, out of mind.

3. (euphemistic) dead

   Synonyms: see kuollut

Inflection

Declension of poikki- noun case singular plural adverbial 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 – –

Derived terms

• olla poissa tolaltaan
• poissaoleva
• poissaolo

Related terms

• poikkinainen
• poikittainen
• poiketa
• poistaa
• poistua

Further reading

• “poissa”, 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 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• passio

French

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: poissas, poissât

Verb

poissa

1. third-person singular past historic of poisser