alhaalle

Finnish

Etymology

From the same Uralic root *ala as Estonian all and Hungarian alatt (the superessive singular of ala-).

Adverb

alhaalle

expresses movement to a spatially lower position
1. down below, below
2. down there/here
3. to the bottom (part of something)

Usage notes

Alhaalle is rather rarely used, probably because it can normally be replaced with shorter alas or alle.

Inflection

Declension of alhaalle

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	ala-	–	superessive	alhaalla	–
genitive	–	–	delative	alhaalta	–
partitive	–	–	sublative	alhaalle	–
accusative	–	–	lative	alas	–
inessive	–	–	temporal	–	–
elative	–	–	causative	–	–
illative	–	–	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	alla	–	distributive	–	–
ablative	alta	–	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	alle	–	prolative	ali alitse	–
essive	–	–	situative	allekkain alakkain	–
translative	–	–	oppositive	alatusten	–
instructive	–	–
abessive	–	–
comitative	–	–

As an adverb, alhaalle is not inflected in the ordinary sense of the word. However, it can be regarded as belonging to a goup of adverbs which indicate different aspects of a spatially low location and appear as if they were cases of a common root which has disappeared from the language.

Synonyms

alas
alle

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