iili

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See also: i/ili, íílį́, and ííłʼį́

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish igel.

Pronunciation

Noun

iili (dialectal, chiefly Southwest Finnish)

  1. Synonym of iilimato (leech)

Declension

Inflection of iili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative iili iilit
genitive iilin iilien
partitive iiliä iilejä
illative iiliin iileihin
singular plural
nominative iili iilit
accusative nom. iili iilit
gen. iilin
genitive iilin iilien
partitive iiliä iilejä
inessive iilissä iileissä
elative iilistä iileistä
illative iiliin iileihin
adessive iilillä iileillä
ablative iililtä iileiltä
allative iilille iileille
essive iilinä iileinä
translative iiliksi iileiksi
abessive iilittä iileittä
instructive iilein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of iili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative iilini iilini
accusative nom. iilini iilini
gen. iilini
genitive iilini iilieni
partitive iiliäni iilejäni
inessive iilissäni iileissäni
elative iilistäni iileistäni
illative iiliini iileihini
adessive iililläni iileilläni
ablative iililtäni iileiltäni
allative iililleni iileilleni
essive iilinäni iileinäni
translative iilikseni iileikseni
abessive iilittäni iileittäni
instructive
comitative iileineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative iilisi iilisi
accusative nom. iilisi iilisi
gen. iilisi
genitive iilisi iiliesi
partitive iiliäsi iilejäsi
inessive iilissäsi iileissäsi
elative iilistäsi iileistäsi
illative iiliisi iileihisi
adessive iililläsi iileilläsi
ablative iililtäsi iileiltäsi
allative iilillesi iileillesi
essive iilinäsi iileinäsi
translative iiliksesi iileiksesi
abessive iilittäsi iileittäsi
instructive
comitative iileinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative iilimme iilimme
accusative nom. iilimme iilimme
gen. iilimme
genitive iilimme iiliemme
partitive iiliämme iilejämme
inessive iilissämme iileissämme
elative iilistämme iileistämme
illative iiliimme iileihimme
adessive iilillämme iileillämme
ablative iililtämme iileiltämme
allative iilillemme iileillemme
essive iilinämme iileinämme
translative iiliksemme iileiksemme
abessive iilittämme iileittämme
instructive
comitative iileinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative iilinne iilinne
accusative nom. iilinne iilinne
gen. iilinne
genitive iilinne iilienne
partitive iiliänne iilejänne
inessive iilissänne iileissänne
elative iilistänne iileistänne
illative iiliinne iileihinne
adessive iilillänne iileillänne
ablative iililtänne iileiltänne
allative iilillenne iileillenne
essive iilinänne iileinänne
translative iiliksenne iileiksenne
abessive iilittänne iileittänne
instructive
comitative iileinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Votic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hiili.

Pronunciation

Noun

iili

  1. (hot) coal, ember

Inflection

Declension of iili (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative iili iiled
genitive iile iilije, iilii
partitive iilte iiliite, iilii
illative iile, iilese iiliise
inessive iilez iiliiz
elative iilesse iiliisse
allative iilele iiliile
adessive iilelle iiliille
ablative iilelte iiliilte
translative iilessi iiliissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “hiili”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn