sirrilleen

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

sirrilleen

1. (of eyes) into being squinting

Inflection

→○	allative	sirrilleen
○	adessive	sirrillään
○→	ablative	–

Further reading

• “sirrilleen”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Noun

sirrilleen

1. third-person possessive form of allative singular of sirri