syli
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English
Noun
syli (plural sylis)
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *süli, from Proto-Uralic *süle. Cognates include Estonian süli, Veps sül', Erzya сэль (seľ, “fathom”), Hungarian öl.
Noun
syli
- arms (in reference to embracing or holding in both one's arms)
- Otin hänet syliini.
- I took her/him in my arms.
- lap (space over upper legs of a seated person)
- Poika istui äitinsä sylissä.
- The boy was sitting on his mother's lap.
- (figuratively) lap (place of rearing and fostering)
- Synonym of sylillinen (“armful”)
Declension
| Inflection of syli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | syli | sylit | ||
| genitive | sylin | sylien | ||
| partitive | syliä | sylejä | ||
| illative | syliin | syleihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | syli | sylit | ||
| accusative | nom. | syli | sylit | |
| gen. | sylin | |||
| genitive | sylin | sylien | ||
| partitive | syliä | sylejä | ||
| inessive | sylissä | syleissä | ||
| elative | sylistä | syleistä | ||
| illative | syliin | syleihin | ||
| adessive | sylillä | syleillä | ||
| ablative | syliltä | syleiltä | ||
| allative | sylille | syleille | ||
| essive | sylinä | syleinä | ||
| translative | syliksi | syleiksi | ||
| abessive | sylittä | syleittä | ||
| instructive | — | sylein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
- Archaically also inflected as Etymology 2 below.
Derived terms
compounds
Etymology 2
Semantic loan from Swedish famn (“lap, measure of length”).
Noun
syli
- fathom (traditional measure of length equal to three cubits; see usage notes below)
- (nautical) fathom
- (archaic) A measure for chopped firewood, about four cubic meters.
Usage notes
When Finland belonged to Sweden, the Finnish cubit (kyynärä) was equal to Swedish aln (59.4 cm), thus making the length of syli 178.2 cm (= 70.16 inches). Under the Russian rule (1809–1917) the definition of kyynärä was modified to correspond with Russian аршин (aršin) (71.12 cm), thus lengthening syli to 213.36 cm (= 84 inches). In nautical terminology, syli corresponds to English fathom (72 inches = 182.88 cm).
Declension
Although derived from the noun meaning the body part, this word is inflected differently (singular genitive sylen for the length measure, and sylin for the body part).
| Inflection of syli (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | syli | sylet | ||
| genitive | sylen | sylien sylten | ||
| partitive | syltä | syliä | ||
| illative | syleen | syliin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | syli | sylet | ||
| accusative | nom. | syli | sylet | |
| gen. | sylen | |||
| genitive | sylen | sylien sylten | ||
| partitive | syltä | syliä | ||
| inessive | sylessä | sylissä | ||
| elative | sylestä | sylistä | ||
| illative | syleen | syliin | ||
| adessive | sylellä | sylillä | ||
| ablative | syleltä | syliltä | ||
| allative | sylelle | sylille | ||
| essive | sylenä | sylinä | ||
| translative | syleksi | syliksi | ||
| abessive | sylettä | sylittä | ||
| instructive | — | sylin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “syli”, 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 2024-01-01
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
syli m (plural sylis)
- syli (former currency of Guinea)
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *süli. Cognates include Finnish syli and Estonian süli.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsyli/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsylʲi/,
- Rhymes: -yli, -ylʲi
- Hyphenation: sy‧li
Noun
syli
Usage notes
- One syli roughly equivalent to 2.14 metres and is one fivehundredth of a versta.
Declension
| Declension of syli (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | syli | sylet |
| genitive | sylen | sylliin, sylilöin |
| partitive | sylliä | sylijä, sylilöjä |
| illative | syllee | syllii, sylilöihe |
| inessive | syles | sylis, sylilöis |
| elative | sylest | sylist, sylilöist |
| allative | sylelle | sylille, sylilöille |
| adessive | sylel | sylil, sylilöil |
| ablative | sylelt | sylilt, sylilöilt |
| translative | syleks | syliks, sylilöiks |
| essive | sylennä, sylleen | sylinnä, sylilöinnä, sylliin, sylilöin |
| exessive1) | sylent | sylint, sylilöint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 557