peale

Estonian

Etymology

Allative case of pea.

Noun

peale

  1. allative singular of pea

Postposition

peale

  1. (lative) onto, on top of
    Ta hüppas laua peale.
    He jumped onto the table.
  2. for
    Ta jättis kõik õhtu peale.
    He left everything for the evening.
  3. since (governs the elative)
    Eilsest peale on sadanud.
    It has rained since yesterday.

Preposition

peale

  1. except
    Peale minu ei jäänud keegi ellu.
    Nobody survived except me.
  2. in addition, besides
    Peale minu jäi ka Pets ellu.
    Besides me, Pets also survived.
  3. after (governs the partitive)
    Mulle meeldib peale söömist üks väike uinak teha.
    I like to have a small nap after eating.

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Etymology

From Middle English pelen (“to beat”), from Latin pellō, pellere.

Verb

peale (simple past pealt, past participle ee-pealt or ee-pealthe)

  1. to beat

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith
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