siili – Finnish noun declension

Finnish noun forms of siili

Noun type: 5

Characteristics

Singular

Nominativesiili
Partitivesiiliä
Genetivesiilin
Accusativesiilin
Inessivesiilissä
Elativesiilistä
Illativesiiliin
Adessivesiilillä
Ablativesiililtä
Allativesiilille
Essivesiilinä
Translativesiiliksi
Abessivesiilittä

Plural

Nominativesiilit
Partitivesiilejä
Genetivesiilien
Accusativesiilit
Inessivesiileissä
Elativesiileistä
Illativesiileihin
Adessivesiileillä
Ablativesiileiltä
Allativesiileille
Essivesiileinä
Translativesiileiksi
Abessivesiileittä
Instructivesiilein
Comitativesiileine

Sample Sentences

Etymology

Likely a borrowing from Estonian siil, from Proto-Finnic *siili, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śijele. The hedgehog is a recent introduction to most of Finland: the first reported sightings of hedgehogs outside of the southern coast date to the second half of the 19th century. Its traditional distribution in Finnish is restricted to dialects alongside the southern coast, which hints at an Estonian borrowing. The word is first attested in 1835 in the Kalevala. Compare Erzya сеель (sejeľ).

Verbs referencing "siili"

Hungarian Nouns sün, Hungarian Nouns sül.