keski-

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keski, from Proto-Finno-Permic *keske. Cognates include Estonian kesk-.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: kes‧ki

Prefix

keski-

A prefix signifying middle, central; average, mid-, medium, intermediate.
- Keskilänsi = Midwest
- keskipainoinen = middleweight
- keskiviikko = Wednesday (lit. "midweek")

Inflection

Declension of keski-

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	keski-	–	superessive	–	–
genitive	–	–	delative	–	–
partitive	–	–	sublative	–	–
accusative	–	–	lative	–	–
inessive	–	–	temporal	–	–
elative	–	–	causative	–	–
illative	–	–	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	keskellä	–	distributive	–	–
ablative	keskeltä	–	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	keskelle	–	prolative	keskitse	–
essive	keskenään	–	situative	–	–
translative	–	–	oppositive	–	–
instructive	kesken	–
abessive	–	–
comitative	–	–

The cases of keski- serve only as adverbs.

Derived terms

Derived terms

adjectives: keskeinen, keskinen, keskinäinen, keskimmäinen
adverbs: keskellä, keskeltä, keskelle, kesken

nouns: keskiviikko, keskiö, keskonen, keskus, keskusta, keskuus
verbs: keskeyttää, keskittää

Related terms

See the inflection table.

Anagrams

keksi, sekki

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