sielu
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish siel, siäl (“soul”) (compare modern Swedish själ, German Seele, English soul), from Old Saxon sēola, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.
Pronunciation
Noun
sielu
- soul (spirit or essence of a person or of a thing)
- moving spirit (one who provides significant impetus or guidance in a given venture, movement, enterprise etc.)
- core (part of a valve)
Declension
| Inflection of sielu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sielu | sielut | ||
| genitive | sielun | sielujen | ||
| partitive | sielua | sieluja | ||
| illative | sieluun | sieluihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | sielu | sielut | ||
| accusative | nom. | sielu | sielut | |
| gen. | sielun | |||
| genitive | sielun | sielujen | ||
| partitive | sielua | sieluja | ||
| inessive | sielussa | sieluissa | ||
| elative | sielusta | sieluista | ||
| illative | sieluun | sieluihin | ||
| adessive | sielulla | sieluilla | ||
| ablative | sielulta | sieluilta | ||
| allative | sielulle | sieluille | ||
| essive | sieluna | sieluina | ||
| translative | sieluksi | sieluiksi | ||
| abessive | sielutta | sieluitta | ||
| instructive | — | sieluin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
- ihmissielu
- joukkosielu
- kaksisieluinen
- kaunosielu
- kaunosieluinen
- laumasielu
- mustasieluinen
- palavasieluinen
- pikkusielu
- pikkusieluinen
- sielukellot
- sielumessu
- sielunahdistus
- sielunasia
- sielunelämä
- sielunerittely
- sielunhoitaja
- sielunhoito
- sielunhätä
- sielunjärkytys
- sielunkamppailu
- sielunkellot
- sielunkumppani
- sielunkyky
- sielunliike
- sielunlääkäri
- sielunmaisema
- sielunmessu
- sielunpaimen
- sielunpalo
- sielunrakenne
- sielunrauha
- sielunsairaus
- sielunsokeus
- sieluntaistelu
- sielunterveys
- sieluntila
- sieluntoiminto
- sieluntoveri
- sieluntuska
- sieluntutkimus
- sielunvaara
- sielunvaellus
- sielunvamma
- sielunveli
- sielunvihollinen
- sieluoppi
- sielutiede
- sielutieteilijä
- sielu-usko
- sukulaissielu
- taiteilijasielu
- tulisielu
- tulisieluinen
Further reading
- “sielu”, 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 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Noun
sielu