siinä

See also: Siina

Finnish

Etymology

Etymologically formed from the old locative suffix -na rather than the standard inessive suffix -ssa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiːnæ/, [ˈs̠iːnæ]
Rhymes: -iːnæ
Syllabification^(key): sii‧nä

Pronoun

siinä

inessive singular of se
Seiso siinä!
Stand (right) there!

Se on juuri siinä missä se on.
It's right there where it is.

Usage notes

Used as the regular inessive singular form of se, despite being morphologically irregular.

Further reading

“siinä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-12-01

Anagrams

isinä, isäin, isäni, nisiä, siniä

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