sisään

Finnish

Etymology

Illative singular form of sisä-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsisæːn/, [ˈs̠is̠æːn]
  • Rhymes: -isæːn
  • Syllabification(key): si‧sään
  • Hyphenation(key): si‧sään

Adverb

sisään (comparative sisempään, superlative sisimpään)

  1. into, in, inside, inwards (into a state of being in or inside something)
  2. (of motion, not comparable) in, indoors
    Tule sisään!
    Come on in!

Postposition

sisään [with genitive and/or possessive form]

  1. (of motion) into, in, inside, inwards (into a state of being in or inside something)
    vuoren sisään kaivettu tunneli ― a tunnel dug inside a mountain

Inflection

Declension of sisä-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative sisä- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative – –
inessive sisässä –temporal – –
elative sisästä –causative – –
illative sisään –multiplicative – –
adessive sisällä –distributive – –
ablative sisältä –temp. dist. – –
allative sisälle –prolative – –
essive – –situative sisäkkäin –
translative – –oppositive sisätysten –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –

Antonyms

Derived terms

compounds

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