syän

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *südän. Cognates include Finnish sydän and Estonian süda.

Pronunciation

Noun

syän

  1. heart (one's feelings and emotions)
  2. core (centre, essence; most important part)

Declension

Declension of syän (type 15/syän, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative syän syämet
genitive syämen syämiin
partitive syäntä, syänt syämiä
illative syämee syämii
inessive syämees syämiis
elative syämest syämist
allative syämelle syämille
adessive syämeel syämiil
ablative syämelt syämilt
translative syämeks syämiks
essive syämennä, syämeen syäminnä, syämiin
exessive1) syäment syämint
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.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 559