lähi-

See also: lahi

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlæɦi]
  • Hyphenation: lä‧hi

Prefix

lähi- (comparative lähempi, superlative lähin)

  1. A prefix signifying near, close.

Inflection

  • There is also a comparative lähempi and superlative lähin.
  • The cases of lähi- serve in Finnish only as adverbs.
Declension of lähi-
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative lähi- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative lähes –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive lähellä –distributive – –
ablative läheltä –temp. dist. – –
allative lähelle –prolative lähitse –
essive läsnä –situative lähekkäin –
translative – –oppositive lähetysten –
instructive – –
abessive – –
comitative – –

Antonyms

Compounds

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish lähi-.

Prefix

lähi-

  1. close, near

Derived terms

Category Veps words prefixed with lähi- not found
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