siiseli

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish sisel.

Pronunciation

Noun

siiseli

  1. (dated) Synonym of euroopansuslikki (European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus)
  2. ground squirrel (New World rodent of the genus Spermophilus)

Usage notes

  • The Old World ground squirrels are now called suslikki in Finnish. Formerly also they were known as siiseli.

Declension

Inflection of siiseli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative siiseli siiselit
genitive siiselin siiselien
siiseleiden
siiseleitten
partitive siiseliä siiseleitä
siiselejä
illative siiseliin siiseleihin
singular plural
nominative siiseli siiselit
accusative nom. siiseli siiselit
gen. siiselin
genitive siiselin siiselien
siiseleiden
siiseleitten
partitive siiseliä siiseleitä
siiselejä
inessive siiselissä siiseleissä
elative siiselistä siiseleistä
illative siiseliin siiseleihin
adessive siiselillä siiseleillä
ablative siiseliltä siiseleiltä
allative siiselille siiseleille
essive siiselinä siiseleinä
translative siiseliksi siiseleiksi
abessive siiselittä siiseleittä
instructive siiselein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of siiseli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds