ympäri

See also: ympäri-

Finnish

Etymology

Related to Estonian ümber, Ingrian ympäär, Karelian ümbari, Veps ümbri, Votic ümpär, from Proto-Germanic *umbi. Doublet of umpi.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ym‧pä‧ri

Adverb

ympäri

  1. around
    Käännä autosi ympäri!
    Turn your car around!
  2. over, upside down

Derived terms

Postposition

(genitive + ) ympäri

  1. around, on the perimeter
    Kellon ympäri.
    Around the clock.
    Maa pyörähtää akselinsa ympäri kerran vuorokaudessa.
    The Earth spins around its axis once every 24 hours.

Usage notes

  • also partitive may be used, especially of an activity that has no clear time limit:
    Kävelin talon ympäri.
    I walked around the house (once).
    Kävelin taloa ympäri, enkä nähnyt sisällä ketään..
    I walked around the house (for an undefined number of times) and could not see anyone inside.

Preposition

ympäri + partitive

  1. all over
    • Olet jättänyt likapyykkiäsi ympäri taloa.
      • You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.

Inflection

Declension of ympäri
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative – –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative ympäri –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative ympäriinsä –multiplicative – –
adessive ympärillä –distributive – –
ablative ympäriltä –temp. dist. – –
allative ympärille –prolative ympäritse –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
instructive – –
abessive – –
comitative – –

Derived terms

Compounds

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