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sysi

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Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *süci, from Proto-Uralic *śüde. Cognates include Estonian süsi, Erzya седь (seď).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsysi/, [ˈs̠ys̠i]
  • Rhymes: -ysi
  • Syllabification(key): sy‧si
  • Hyphenation(key): sy‧si

Noun

sysi

  1. piece of charcoal
  2. (usually in the plural) charcoal (material)
Usage notes

puuhiili is a more common word for charcoal than sysi in modern Finnish, especially in technical contexts.

Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
Synonyms
Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsysi/, [ˈs̠ys̠i] (third-person indicative)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsysiˣ/, [ˈs̠ys̠i(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
  • Rhymes: -ysi
  • Syllabification(key): sy‧si
  • Hyphenation(key): sy‧si

Verb

sysi

  1. inflection of sysiä:
    1. third-person singular past indicative
    2. present active indicative connegative
    3. second-person singular present imperative
    4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative
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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *süci, from Proto-Uralic *śüde. Cognates include Finnish sysi and Estonian süsi.

Pronunciation

Noun

sysi

  1. smithy coal

Declension

More information Declension of (type 5/vesi, t- gradation), singular ...

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 558
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