silli
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish sill (“herring”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsilːi/, [ˈs̠ilːi]
- Rhymes: -ilːi
- Syllabification(key): sil‧li
Noun
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
| Inflection of silli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | sillein | |
| abessive | sillittä | silleittä | |
| comitative | — | silleineen | |
| Possessive forms of silli (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sillini | sillimme |
| 2nd person | sillisi | sillinne |
| 3rd person | sillinsä | |
Compounds
compounds
- kantasilli
- matjessilli
- maustesilli
- pikkusilli
- pilkkusilli
- rasvasilli
- savusilli
- sillifilee
- sillikala
- sillikaviaari
- sillinhaju
- sillinkalastus
- sillinpyynti
- sillipurkki
- sillisalaatti
- sillitynnyri
- sillivalas
- sillivoileipä
- sinappisilli
- suolasilli
- tomaattisilli
- tyynenmerensilli
- täpläsilli
See also
- silakka (Clupea harengus membras)
Northern Sami
Etymology 1
From Proto-Samic *silē.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsilliː/
Adjective
silli (comparative silit, superlative silimus)
- lean
- skinny
- meager
- porous
- transparent
Inflection
| Even i-stem, ll-l gradation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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, 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
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsilːliː/
Noun
silˈli
- sieve
Inflection
| Even i-stem, lˈl-ll gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- deadjasilˈli
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland