sirrilleen

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsirːilːeːn/, [ˈs̠irːilːe̞ːn]
Rhymes: -irːilːeːn
Syllabification^(key): sir‧ril‧leen

Etymology 1

Allative of sirri- with a possessive suffix; from the same root as siristää.

Adverb

sirrilleen

(of eyes) into being squinting

Inflection

→○	allative	sirrilleen
○	adessive	sirrillään
○→	ablative	–

Further reading

“sirrilleen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Noun

sirrilleen

third-person possessive form of allative singular of sirri

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