siira
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Finnish
Etymology
Back-formation from siirottaa or dialectal siirallaan, in any case from the same root
Pronunciation
Noun
siira
- isopod (any crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Declension
| Inflection of siira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | siira | siirat | |
| genitive | siiran | siirojen | |
| partitive | siiraa | siiroja | |
| illative | siiraan | siiroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | siira | siirat | |
| accusative | nom. | siira | siirat |
| gen. | siiran | ||
| genitive | siiran | siirojen siirain rare | |
| partitive | siiraa | siiroja | |
| inessive | siirassa | siiroissa | |
| elative | siirasta | siiroista | |
| illative | siiraan | siiroihin | |
| adessive | siiralla | siiroilla | |
| ablative | siiralta | siiroilta | |
| allative | siiralle | siiroille | |
| essive | siirana | siiroina | |
| translative | siiraksi | siiroiksi | |
| abessive | siiratta | siiroitta | |
| instructive | — | siiroin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “siira”, 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