seula

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *seekla, borrowing from Proto-Germanic *sēþla, compare Swedish såll, Icelandic sáld. Cognates include Estonian sõel, Karelian siekla, Ingrian seegla, Votic sigla.

Noun

seula

  1. sieve
    Minun pääni on kuin seula.
    I have a mind like a sieve.

Usage notes

A small kitchen sieve is normally called siivilä in Finnish. Seula associates with larger grain size.

Declension

Inflection of seula (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative seula seulat
genitive seulan seulojen
partitive seulaa seuloja
illative seulaan seuloihin
singular plural
nominative seula seulat
accusative nom. seula seulat
gen. seulan
genitive seulan seulojen
seulainrare
partitive seulaa seuloja
inessive seulassa seuloissa
elative seulasta seuloista
illative seulaan seuloihin
adessive seulalla seuloilla
ablative seulalta seuloilta
allative seulalle seuloille
essive seulana seuloina
translative seulaksi seuloiksi
instructive seuloin
abessive seulatta seuloitta
comitative seuloineen

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

seula m (genitive singular seula, plural seulachan)

  1. seal (on a document etc)

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