silppu
Appearance
Finnish
Etymology
silp- + -u, note also the dialectal form silpu; possibly influenced by pilppu. Akin to Karelian silppu.
Pronunciation
Noun
silppu
- chaff (straw or hay cut up for cattle food)
- chaff (loose material dropped from aircraft to interfere with radar)
- roughage (rough or coarse material)
Declension
Inflection of silppu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | |||
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nominative | silppu | silput | |
genitive | silpun | silppujen | |
partitive | silppua | silppuja | |
illative | silppuun | silppuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | silppu | silput | |
accusative | nom. | silppu | silput |
gen. | silpun | ||
genitive | silpun | silppujen | |
partitive | silppua | silppuja | |
inessive | silpussa | silpuissa | |
elative | silpusta | silpuista | |
illative | silppuun | silppuihin | |
adessive | silpulla | silpuilla | |
ablative | silpulta | silpuilta | |
allative | silpulle | silpuille | |
essive | silppuna | silppuina | |
translative | silpuksi | silpuiksi | |
abessive | silputta | silpuitta | |
instructive | — | silpuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
compounds
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “silppu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03