silli
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish sill (“herring”).
Noun
silli
- Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus.
- any of the several related species of herring and shad, especially as food
- (zoology) in plural also Clupeidae (taxonomic family of the herrings, shads, sardines, hilsa and menhadens)
Declension
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. |
Synonyms
- (Clupea harengus): atlantinsilli
Compounds
compounds
See also
- silakka (Clupea harengus membras)
Northern Sami
Etymology 1
From Proto-Samic *silē.
Pronunciation
Adjective
silli (comparative silit, superlative silimus)
Inflection
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
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Norwegian sil, Finnish siivilä.
Pronunciation
Noun
silˈli
Inflection
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
Further reading
- 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
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