yllä

Finnish

Etymology

The adessive singular of the stem ylä-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈylːæ/, [ˈylːæ]
  • Rhymes: -ylːæ
  • Syllabification(key): yl‧lä
  • Hyphenation(key): yl‧lä

Postposition

yllä [with genitive and/or possessive form]

  1. (locative) above, over

Adverb

yllä

  1. (locative) above
    Synonym: yläpuolella
    Antonyms: alla, alapuolella
    pitää yllä ― to maintain
    taivas yllämme
    the sky above us
  2. above, previously (earlier in the text)
    Synonym: edellä
    yllä mainittu
    above-mentioned
  3. (formal or dated) on, wearing (having clothes on)
    Synonym: päällä
    Mitä sinulla on ylläsi?
    What are you wearing?

Inflection

Declension of ylä-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative ylä- –superessive ylhäällä –
genitive – –delative ylhäältä –
partitive – –sublative ylhäälle –
accusative – –lative ylös –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative (yleensä) –multiplicative – –
adessive yllä –distributive – –
ablative yltä –temp. dist. – –
allative ylle –prolative yli, ylitse –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive ylen –
comitative – –
Personal/possessive forms of yllä
no possessor yllä
possessor singular plural
1st person ylläni yllämme
2nd person ylläsi yllänne
3rd person yllään
yllänsä

Derived terms

Verb

yllä

  1. inflection of yltää:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Further reading

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