sardelli
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish sardell, from Italian sardella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑrdelːi/, [ˈs̠ɑrde̞lːi]
- Rhymes: -ɑrdelːi
- Syllabification(key): sar‧del‧li
Noun
sardelli
- anchovy (any fish of the family Engraulidae)
Usage notes
As food, especially when cured and having acquired the characteristic strong taste, erroneously sometimes referred to as anjovis, which is a pickled sprat.
Declension
| Inflection of sardelli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sardelli | sardellit | |
| genitive | sardellin | sardellien | |
| partitive | sardellia | sardelleja | |
| illative | sardelliin | sardelleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sardelli | sardellit | |
| accusative | nom. | sardelli | sardellit |
| gen. | sardellin | ||
| genitive | sardellin | sardellien | |
| partitive | sardellia | sardelleja | |
| inessive | sardellissa | sardelleissa | |
| elative | sardellista | sardelleista | |
| illative | sardelliin | sardelleihin | |
| adessive | sardellilla | sardelleilla | |
| ablative | sardellilta | sardelleilta | |
| allative | sardellille | sardelleille | |
| essive | sardellina | sardelleina | |
| translative | sardelliksi | sardelleiksi | |
| instructive | — | sardellein | |
| abessive | sardellitta | sardelleitta | |
| comitative | — | sardelleineen | |
| Possessive forms of sardelli (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sardellini | sardellimme |
| 2nd person | sardellisi | sardellinne |
| 3rd person | sardellinsa | |
Synonyms
- anjovis
Derived terms
- länsiatlantinsardelli
- raitasardelli