läsnä
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See also: lasna
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lähi- or earlier. Equivalent of läs- + -nä with the Proto-Uralic locative case ending.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]läsnä (not comparable)
- present (being in the immediate vicinity)
- olla läsnä ― to be present, to attend
- Olin läsnä, kun se tapahtui.
- I was present when it happened.
- (often in compounds) in person (of work)
Usage notes
[edit]This adverb can be used predicatively with olla (“to be”); it can be used as an adjective in other positions (such as attributively) by using oleva.
Inflection
[edit]Declension of lähi-
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Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- läsnä oleva
- läsnäoleva
- läsnäolija
- läsnäollessa
- läsnäolo (“presence, attendance”)
- läsnätyö
Further reading
[edit]- “läsnä”, 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 2023-07-03