keskeltä

Finnish

Etymology

Ablative singular of keski-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkeskeltæ/, [ˈk̟e̞s̠k̟e̞l̪t̪æ]
  • Rhymes: -eskeltæ
  • Syllabification(key): kes‧kel‧tä

Adverb

keskeltä (comparative keskemmältä, superlative keskimmältä)

  1. from the middle

Inflection
Declension of keski-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative keski- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive (keskeä) –sublative – –
accusative – –lative – –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive keskellä –distributive – –
ablative keskeltä –temp. dist. – –
allative keskelle –prolative keskitse –
essive keskenään –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive kesken –
comitative – –

Postposition

keskeltä (+ genitive)

  1. from the middle of, from the centre/center of
    Torin keskeltä katosi tsaarin patsas.
    The statue of the tsar disappeared from the middle of the square.
  2. from amid, amongst/among
  3. from between

Synonyms

Preposition

keskeltä (+ partitive)

  1. from the middle of, from the center of
    Muutimme keskeltä kaupunkia maaseudun rauhaan.
    We moved from the center of the city to the peace of the countryside.
    Keskeltä toria katosi tsaarin patsas.
    The statue of the tsar disappeared from the middle of the square.

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