hylje
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hülgeh (see it for more details). Cognate with Estonian hüljes.
Pronunciation
Noun
hylje
- seal (common language term for smaller pinnipeds; used mainly of earless or true seals but sometimes also covering the eared seals)
- (zoology) earless seal, true seal (any seal of the family Phocidae)
Declension
| Inflection of hylje (Kotus type 48*L/hame, k-j gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hylje | hylkeet | ||
| genitive | hylkeen | hylkeiden hylkeitten | ||
| partitive | hyljettä | hylkeitä | ||
| illative | hylkeeseen | hylkeisiin hylkeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | hylje | hylkeet | ||
| accusative | nom. | hylje | hylkeet | |
| gen. | hylkeen | |||
| genitive | hylkeen | hylkeiden hylkeitten | ||
| partitive | hyljettä | hylkeitä | ||
| inessive | hylkeessä | hylkeissä | ||
| elative | hylkeestä | hylkeistä | ||
| illative | hylkeeseen | hylkeisiin hylkeihin | ||
| adessive | hylkeellä | hylkeillä | ||
| ablative | hylkeeltä | hylkeiltä | ||
| allative | hylkeelle | hylkeille | ||
| essive | hylkeenä | hylkeinä | ||
| translative | hylkeeksi | hylkeiksi | ||
| abessive | hylkeettä | hylkeittä | ||
| instructive | — | hylkein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Synonyms
- (eared seal): korvahylje
- (earless seal): varsinainen hylje
Derived terms
- afrikanhylje
- australianhylje
- baikalinhylje
- beringinhylje
- beringinisohylje
- eteläamerikanhylje
- floridanhylje
- galapagosinhylje
- grönlanninhylje
- guadalupenhylje
- haaremihylje
- harmaahylje
- havaijinhylje
- hylje-eläin
- hyljekeihäs
- hyljekoira
- hyljepyssy
- hyljeturkki
- hyljevene
- hylkeennahka
- hylkeenpyynti
- hylkeenpyytäjä
- hylkeenrasva
- hylkivene
- isohylje
- juanfernandesinhylje
- karibianhylje
- kaspianhylje
- kergueleninhylje
- kiehkuraishylje
- kirjohylje
- korvahylje
- krillihylje
- kuplahylje
- leopardihylje
- merihylje
- munkkihylje
- partahylje
- saimaanhylje
- turkishylje
- tyynenmerenhylje
- täplähylje
- uuden-amsterdaminhylje
- varsinainen hylje
- weddellinhylje
See also
- eväjalkainen (“pinniped”)
- halli (“grey seal”)
- merileijona (“sea lion”)
- mursu (“walrus”)
- norppa (“ringed seal”)
Further reading
- “hylje”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02