sielu
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish siel, siäl (“soul”) (compare modern Swedish själ, German Seele, English soul), from Old Saxon sēola, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.
Pronunciation
Noun
sielu
- soul (spirit or essence of a person or of a thing)
- moving spirit (one who provides significant impetus or guidance in a given venture, movement, enterprise etc.)
- core (part of a valve)
Declension
Inflection of sielu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sielu | sielut | ||
genitive | sielun | sielujen | ||
partitive | sielua | sieluja | ||
illative | sieluun | sieluihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sielu | sielut | ||
accusative | nom. | sielu | sielut | |
gen. | sielun | |||
genitive | sielun | sielujen | ||
partitive | sielua | sieluja | ||
inessive | sielussa | sieluissa | ||
elative | sielusta | sieluista | ||
illative | sieluun | sieluihin | ||
adessive | sielulla | sieluilla | ||
ablative | sielulta | sieluilta | ||
allative | sielulle | sieluille | ||
essive | sieluna | sieluina | ||
translative | sieluksi | sieluiksi | ||
abessive | sielutta | sieluitta | ||
instructive | — | sieluin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
compounds
- ihmissielu
- joukkosielu
- kaksisieluinen
- kaunosielu
- kaunosieluinen
- laumasielu
- mustasieluinen
- palavasieluinen
- pikkusielu
- pikkusieluinen
- sielukellot
- sielumessu
- sielunahdistus
- sielunasia
- sielunelämä
- sielunerittely
- sielunhoitaja
- sielunhoito
- sielunhätä
- sielunjärkytys
- sielunkamppailu
- sielunkellot
- sielunkumppani
- sielunkyky
- sielunliike
- sielunlääkäri
- sielunmaisema
- sielunmessu
- sielunpaimen
- sielunpalo
- sielunrakenne
- sielunrauha
- sielunsairaus
- sielunsokeus
- sieluntaistelu
- sielunterveys
- sieluntila
- sieluntoiminto
- sieluntoveri
- sieluntuska
- sieluntutkimus
- sielunvaara
- sielunvaellus
- sielunvamma
- sielunveli
- sielunvihollinen
- sieluoppi
- sielutiede
- sielutieteilijä
- sielu-usko
- sukulaissielu
- taiteilijasielu
- tulisielu
- tulisieluinen
Further reading
- “sielu”, 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
Anagrams
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Noun
sielu
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ielu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ielu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Northern Sami non-lemma forms
- Northern Sami noun forms