edes

edes

See also: EDES, édes, and ėdęs

Finnish

Etymology

esi- +‎ -s (s-lative singular); originally "forward, forwards".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈedes/, [ˈe̞de̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -edes
• Syllabification^(key): e‧des

Adverb

edes

1. even (suggesting an absolute minimum in a question)

   Voiko hän edes juosta?

   Is he even able to run?

2. at least (suggesting an absolute minimum in a positive statement)

   Synonyms: ainakin, vähintään

   Voisit edes lähettää hänelle kortin.

   You could at least send her/him a postcard.

   Anna kymmenen tai edes viisi euroa.

   Give me ten or at least five euros.

3. anyway (in any event)

   Synonyms: kuitenkin, kumminkin, sentään

   Hyvä, että edes ilma oli kaunis.

   Well, the weather was beautiful anyway.

4. even, so much as (suggesting the lack of even a minimum of something in a negative statement)

   Synonym: -kaan

   Asun talossa, jossa ei ole edes vesijohtoa.

   I live in a house which doesn't even have tap water.

   Hän käveli huoneeseen kysymättä edes lupaa ja alkoi selailla heidän tiedostojaan.

   Without so much as asking, he walked into the room and started digging through their files.

   Älä edes kuvittele!

   Don't even think of it!

   Edes NN ei osannut auttaa.

   Even NN was not able to help.

5. (as modifier) for-, fore-, forth (signifies being in front of something, often figuratively)

   edesmennyt ― deceased (compare foregone)

   edestakaisin ― back and forth

   edesvastuu ― legal liability (liability in front of the law)

6. (as headword) on, onward (in some time-related expressions)

   tästedes ― from now on

7. (dialectal, dated) forward, forwards

Inflection

Declension of edes (type käsi) noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative esi- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative (edes) – inessive edessä – temporal – – elative edestä – causative – – illative eteen esiin multiplicative – – adessive edellä esillä distributive – – ablative edeltä esiltä temp. dist. – – allative edelle esille prolative editse – essive – – situative – – translative – – oppositive – – instructive etenkin etenkään – abessive – – comitative – –

Related terms

• See the inflection table.

• edellinen
• edellyttää
• edeltää
• edesauttaa
• edeskäypä
• edesmennyt
• edesottamus
• edespäin
• edestakainen
• edestakaisin
• edesvastuu
• edesvastuuton
• edetä
• edistyä
• edistää
• esiintyä
• esine
• esitellä
• esittäytyä
• esittää
• eteinen
• etevä
• tästedes
• vastedes

 

See also

• jopa, sentään, ainakin, lainkaan, ollenkaan

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

Verb

edēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of edō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb ēdō (“I dispatch”).

Verb

ēdēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of ēdō

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Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Finnish edessä.

Adverb

edes

1. in front (stationary)

Postposition

edes

1. in front of, at the front of (stationary location)

Related terms

• edehe
• edespäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “впереди, перед, передо”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika