sisarus
Finnish
Etymology
From sisar (“sister”) + -us
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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | sisaruksin | |
| abessive | sisaruksetta | sisaruksitta | |
| comitative | — | sisaruksineen | |
Compounds
- sisarusparvi
- sisarusrattaat
- sisarusvaunut
Related terms
- siskokset
- veljekset