sillanpää

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Finnish

Etymology

sillan (of a bridge) +‎ pää (head)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsilːɑnˌpæː/,
  • Rhymes: -æː
  • Hyphenation(key): sillan‧pää

Noun

sillanpää

  1. bridgehead (area around the end of a bridge)
  2. (military) bridgehead (area of ground held by the friendly troops on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle)

Declension

Inflection of sillanpää (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative sillanpää sillanpäät
genitive sillanpään sillanpäiden
sillanpäitten
partitive sillanpäätä sillanpäitä
illative sillanpäähän sillanpäihin
singular plural
nominative sillanpää sillanpäät
accusative nom. sillanpää sillanpäät
gen. sillanpään
genitive sillanpään sillanpäiden
sillanpäitten
partitive sillanpäätä sillanpäitä
inessive sillanpäässä sillanpäissä
elative sillanpäästä sillanpäistä
illative sillanpäähän sillanpäihin
adessive sillanpäällä sillanpäillä
ablative sillanpäältä sillanpäiltä
allative sillanpäälle sillanpäille
essive sillanpäänä sillanpäinä
translative sillanpääksi sillanpäiksi
abessive sillanpäättä sillanpäittä
instructive sillanpäin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sillanpää (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

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