itsestään

Finnish

Etymology

The elative singular of itse (itsestä) with a possessive suffix.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈitsestæːn/, [ˈits̠e̞s̠t̪æːn]
  • Rhymes: -itsestæːn
  • Syllabification(key): it‧ses‧tään

Adverb

itsestään

  1. by itself, spontaneously
    itsestään selvä ― self-evident, obvious
    se on itsestään selvää ― it goes without saying
    Kostea kivihiili syttyy usein itsestään.
    Moist coal often ignites spontaneously.

Derived terms

Noun

itsestään

  1. third-person possessive form of elative singular of itse
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