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poikitse

poikitse

Finnish

(index po)

Adverb

poikitse

(rare, dated, poetic, dialectal) (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out.
Aivin on joki tulinen poikitse hevon e'essä. (Kalevala, the 26th poem)

Usage notes

As an adverb this is used nowadays mainly in Häme dialect.

Synonyms

(here and there etc.): levällään

Postposition

poikitse (+ genitive)

(rare, dated, poetic, dialectal) Across, through.

Usage notes

As a preposition this is used nowadays mainly in Häme dialect.

Declension

Declension of poikitse

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	poikki-	–	superessive	–	–
genitive	–	–	delative	–	–
partitive	–	–	sublative	–	–
accusative	–	–	lative	pois	–
inessive	poissa	–	temporal	–	–
elative	–	–	causative	–	–
illative	–	–	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	–	–	distributive	–	–
ablative	–	–	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	–	–	prolative	poikki poikitse	–
essive	–	–	situative	poikittain	–
translative	–	–	oppositive	–	–
instructive	–	poikin
abessive	–	–
comitative	–	–

Synonyms

(across, through): poikki

Related terms

See the inflection table.
poikkinainen
poikittainen
poiketa