silli
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swedish sill (“herring”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
silli
- Atlantic herring Clupea harengus
- Synonym: atlantinsilli
- any of the several related species of herring and shad, especially as food
- (zoology, in the plural) Clupeidae (taxonomic family of the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa and menhadens)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of silli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | silli | sillit | ||
genitive | sillin | sillien | ||
partitive | silliä | sillejä | ||
illative | silliin | silleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | silli | sillit | ||
accusative | nom. | silli | sillit | |
gen. | sillin | |||
genitive | sillin | sillien | ||
partitive | silliä | sillejä | ||
inessive | sillissä | silleissä | ||
elative | sillistä | silleistä | ||
illative | silliin | silleihin | ||
adessive | sillillä | silleillä | ||
ablative | silliltä | silleiltä | ||
allative | sillille | silleille | ||
essive | sillinä | silleinä | ||
translative | silliksi | silleiksi | ||
abessive | sillittä | silleittä | ||
instructive | — | sillein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
- silakka (Clupea harengus membras)
Further reading[edit]
- “silli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Northern Sami[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Samic *silē.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
silli (comparative silit, superlative silimus)
Inflection[edit]
Even i-stem, ll-l gradation | ||
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Attributive | silis | |
Nominative | silli | |
Genitive | sili | |
Attributive | silis | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | silli | silit |
Accusative | sili | siliid |
Genitive | sili | siliid |
Illative | sillái | siliide |
Locative | silis | siliin |
Comitative | siliin | siliiguin |
Essive | sillin |
Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Norwegian sil, Finnish siivilä.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
silˈli
Inflection[edit]
Even i-stem, lˈl-ll gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | silˈli | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | silli sillẹ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | silˈli | sillit | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | silli | silliid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | silli sillẹ |
silliid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | silˈlái | silliide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | sillis | silliin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | silliin | silliiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | silˈlin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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