esiin

Finnish

Etymology

Illative plural of esi-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈesiːn/, [ˈe̞s̠iːn]
  • Rhymes: -esiːn
  • Syllabification(key): e‧siin

Adverb

esiin

  1. (of movement) out (of hiding), in the open, into sight
    Synonym: näkyviin
    Antonym: piiloon
    vetää ase esiin ― to pull out a gun
    tuoda esiin ― to bring out in the open, disclose
    nousta esiin ― to stand out (to be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to one's surroundings)
  2. (of movement) forward, forth
    astua esiin ― to step forward/forth
    kutsua esiin ― to call out/forth, (law) to call to the stand
    tuoda esiin ― to bring up, take out (into discussion), point out

Declension
Declension of esi- (type 27*F/käsi)
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative esi- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative (edes) –
inessive edessä –temporal – –
elative edestä –causative – –
illative eteen esiinmultiplicative – –
adessive edellä esillädistributive – –
ablative edeltä esiltätemp. dist. – –
allative edelle esilleprolative editse –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive etenkin
etenkään		 –
comitative – –

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