silppu
Finnish
editEtymology
editsilp- + -u, note also the dialectal form silpu; possibly influenced by pilppu. Akin to Karelian silppu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsilppu
- 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
edit| Inflection of silppu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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Related terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “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