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sirri

sirri

Finnish

Noun

sirri

  1. sandpiper, stint, knot, dunlin (small wading birds primarily in the genus Calidris but also in three related genera Eurynorhynchus, Aechmorhynchus and Prosobonia, see list below under Derived terms)
  2. In plural (sirrit) the genus Calidris.

Declension

Inflection of sirri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative sirri sirrit
genitive sirrin sirrien
partitive sirriä sirrejä
illative sirriin sirreihin
singular plural
nominative sirri sirrit
accusative nom. sirri sirrit
gen. sirrin
genitive sirrin sirrien
partitive sirriä sirrejä
inessive sirrissä sirreissä
elative sirristä sirreistä
illative sirriin sirreihin
adessive sirrillä sirreillä
ablative sirriltä sirreiltä
allative sirrille sirreille
essive sirrinä sirreinä
translative sirriksi sirreiksi
instructive sirrein
abessive sirrittä sirreittä
comitative sirreineen

Usage notes

In addition to the genera listed above, in English "sandpiper" appears in common names of birds also in genera Bartramia, Tringa, Xenus and Actitis.

Related terms

Compounds

  • amerikansirri, Calidris minutilla (least sandpiper)
  • beringinsirri, Calidris ptilocnemis (rock sandpiper)
  • eskimosirri, Calidris bairdii (Baird’s sandpiper)
  • isosirri, Calidris canutus (red knot)
  • kanadansirri, Calidris pusilla (semipalmated sandpiper)
  • kuovisirri, Calidris ferruginea (curlew sandpiper)
  • lapinsirri, Calidris temminckii (Temminck’s stint)
  • merisirri, Calidris maritima (purple sandpiper)
  • palsasirri, Calidris melanotos (pectoral sandpiper)
  • pikkusirri, Calidris minuta (little stint)
  • pitkäkoipisirri, Calidris himantopus (stilt-sandpiper)
  • pulmussirri, Calidris alba (sanderling)
  • rusokaulasirri, Calidris ruficollis (red-necked stint)
  • siperiansirri, Calidris subminuta (long-toed stint)
  • suippopyrstösirri, Calidris acuminata (sharp-tailed sandpiper)
  • suosirri, Calidris alpina (dunlin)
  • tundrasirri, Calidris mauri (western sandpiper)
  • valkoperäsirri, Calidris fuscicollis (white-rumped sandpiper)
  • vuorisirri, Calidris tenuirostris (great knot)
  • lusikkasirri, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (spoon-billed sandpiper)
  • kiritimatinsirri, Aechmorhynchus cancellatus (Kiritimati sandpiper)
  • tuamotunsirri, Aechmorhynchus parvirostris (Tuamotu sandpiper)
  • mooreansirri, Prosobonia ellisi (Moorean sandpiper)
  • tahitinsirri, Prosobonia leucoptera (Tahiti sandpiper)
  • polynesiansirri (bird of the genus Aechmorhynchus)
  • seurasaartensirri (bird of the genus Prosobonia)