apeissaan

Finnish

Etymology

apea +‎ -ssa (“inessive case ending”) +‎ -an (“3rd person possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑpei̯sːɑːn/, [ˈɑ̝pe̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -ɑpeisːɑːn
• Hyphenation^(key): apeis‧saan

Adverb

apeissaan

1. down, sad, dispirited, depressed

   Markku on kovin apeissaan. Tiedätkö, mikä häntä painaa?

   Markku is quite depressed. Do you know what bothers him?

Inflection

Personal/possessive forms of apeissaan
no possessor	—
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	apeissani	apeissamme
2nd person	apeissasi	apeissanne
3rd person	apeissaan apeissansa

Synonyms

• apeana

Further reading

• “apeissaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02