kalsareisillaan
Finnish
Etymology
The adessive plural of kalsarit (“underwear”) (plural stem kalsarei-) with a possessive suffix and the interfix -si-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑlsɑrei̯silːɑːn/, [ˈkɑ̝ls̠ɑ̝re̞i̯ˌs̠ilːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -eisilːɑːn
- Syllabification(key): kal‧sa‧rei‧sil‧laan
- Hyphenation(key): kal‧sa‧rei‧sil‧laan
Adverb
kalsareisillaan (colloquial)
- (of state, chiefly of males) in one's underwear
Inflection
| →○ | allative | kalsareisilleen |
|---|---|---|
| ○ | adessive | kalsareisillaan |
| ○→ | ablative | – |
| Personal/possessive forms of kalsareisillaan | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kalsareisillani | kalsareisillamme |
| 2nd person | kalsareisillasi | kalsareisillanne |
| 3rd person | kalsareisillaan kalsareisillansa | |
Further reading
- “kalsareisillaan”, 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 2 July 2023