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silli
silli
Finnish
Noun
silli
- Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus.
- any of the several related species of herring and shad, especially as food
- (zoology) in plural also 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 | |
Synonyms
- (Clupea harengus): atlantinsilli
Derived terms
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See also
- silakka (Clupea harengus membras)
Northern Sami
Etymology 1
Noun
silli (comparative silit, superlative silimus)
Inflection
| Even, ll-l gradation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attributive | silis | |
| Nominative | silli | |
| Genitive | sili | |
| Attributive | silis | |
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | silli | silit |
| Genitive | sili | siliid |
| Accusative | sili | siliid |
| Illative | sillái | siliide |
| Locative | silis | siliin |
| Comitative | siliin | siliiguin |
| Essive | sillin | |
Etymology 2
Related to Norwegian sil, Finnish siivilä.
Noun
sil'li
Inflection
| Even, l'l-ll gradation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sil'li | |
| Genitive | silli sille |
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| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | sil'li | sillit |
| Accusative | silli | silliid |
| Genitive | silli sille |
silliid |
| Illative | sil'lái | silliide |
| Locative | sillis | silliin |
| Comitative | silliin | silliiguin |
| Essive | sil'lin | |
| Possessive forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| 1st person | sil'lán | sil'láme | sil'lámet |
| 2nd person | sil'lát | sil'láde | sil'ládet |
| 3rd person | sil'lis | sil'liska | sil'liset |