sisarus
Finnish
Etymology
Noun
sisarus
- (chiefly in the plural) sibling (person who shares same parents)
- Kaikki sisarukset ovat tänään paikalla.
- All the siblings are present today.
- Kaikki sisarukset ovat tänään paikalla.
Usage notes
- Of only one sibling the gender-specific terms e.g. sisko (“sister”), sisar (“sister”) or veli (“brother”) are more commonly used. The uninflected singular form is used as modifier in compound nouns.
- Despite its derivation, not to be confused with siskokset (“group of sisters”).
Declension
Inflection of sisarus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sisarus | sisarukset | ||
genitive | sisaruksen | sisarusten sisaruksien | ||
partitive | sisarusta | sisaruksia | ||
illative | sisarukseen | sisaruksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sisarus | sisarukset | ||
accusative | nom. | sisarus | sisarukset | |
gen. | sisaruksen | |||
genitive | sisaruksen | sisarusten sisaruksien | ||
partitive | sisarusta | sisaruksia | ||
inessive | sisaruksessa | sisaruksissa | ||
elative | sisaruksesta | sisaruksista | ||
illative | sisarukseen | sisaruksiin | ||
adessive | sisaruksella | sisaruksilla | ||
ablative | sisarukselta | sisaruksilta | ||
allative | sisarukselle | sisaruksille | ||
essive | sisaruksena | sisaruksina | ||
translative | sisarukseksi | sisaruksiksi | ||
abessive | sisaruksetta | sisaruksitta | ||
instructive | — | sisaruksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |