silppu
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the same root as silpoa (note also the dialectal form silpu); silpp- + -u. Possibly influenced by pilppu. Akin to Karelian silppu.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
silppu
- chaff (straw or hay cut up for cattle food)
- chaff (loose material dropped from aircraft to interfere with radar)
- roughage (rough or coarse material)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of silppu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | silppu | silput | ||
genitive | silpun | silppujen | ||
partitive | silppua | silppuja | ||
illative | silppuun | silppuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | silppu | silput | ||
accusative | nom. | silppu | silput | |
gen. | silpun | |||
genitive | silpun | silppujen | ||
partitive | silppua | silppuja | ||
inessive | silpussa | silpuissa | ||
elative | silpusta | silpuista | ||
illative | silppuun | silppuihin | ||
adessive | silpulla | silpuilla | ||
ablative | silpulta | silpuilta | ||
allative | silpulle | silpuille | ||
essive | silppuna | silppuina | ||
translative | silpuksi | silpuiksi | ||
abessive | silputta | silpuitta | ||
instructive | — | silpuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading[edit]
- “silppu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03