From Proto-Finnic *sëkla, borrowing from Proto-Germanic *sēdlą, compare Swedish såll, Icelandic sáld. Cognates include Estonian sõel, Karelian šiekla, Ingrian seegla, Votic siglõ.
seula
A small kitchen sieve is normally called siivilä in Finnish. seula implies a larger grain size.
| Inflection of seula (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | seula | seulat | ||
| genitive | seulan | seulojen | ||
| partitive | seulaa | seuloja | ||
| illative | seulaan | seuloihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | seula | seulat | ||
| accusative | nom. | seula | seulat | |
| gen. | seulan | |||
| genitive | seulan | seulojen seulainrare | ||
| partitive | seulaa | seuloja | ||
| inessive | seulassa | seuloissa | ||
| elative | seulasta | seuloista | ||
| illative | seulaan | seuloihin | ||
| adessive | seulalla | seuloilla | ||
| ablative | seulalta | seuloilta | ||
| allative | seulalle | seuloille | ||
| essive | seulana | seuloina | ||
| translative | seulaksi | seuloiksi | ||
| abessive | seulatta | seuloitta | ||
| instructive | — | seuloin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
seula m (genitive singular seula, plural seulachan)