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sirri
sirri
Finnish
Noun
sirri
- sandpiper, stint, knot, dunlin (small wading birds primarily in the genus Calidris but also in three related genera Eurynorhynchus, Aechmorhynchus and Prosobonia, see list below under Derived terms)
- In plural (sirrit) the genus Calidris.
Declension
| Inflection of sirri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sirri | sirrit | |
| genitive | sirrin | sirrien | |
| partitive | sirriä | sirrejä | |
| illative | sirriin | sirreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sirri | sirrit | |
| accusative | nom. | sirri | sirrit |
| gen. | sirrin | ||
| genitive | sirrin | sirrien | |
| partitive | sirriä | sirrejä | |
| inessive | sirrissä | sirreissä | |
| elative | sirristä | sirreistä | |
| illative | sirriin | sirreihin | |
| adessive | sirrillä | sirreillä | |
| ablative | sirriltä | sirreiltä | |
| allative | sirrille | sirreille | |
| essive | sirrinä | sirreinä | |
| translative | sirriksi | sirreiksi | |
| instructive | — | sirrein | |
| abessive | sirrittä | sirreittä | |
| comitative | — | sirreineen | |
Usage notes
In addition to the genera listed above, in English "sandpiper" appears in common names of birds also in genera Bartramia, Tringa, Xenus and Actitis.
Related terms
Compounds
- amerikansirri, Calidris minutilla (least sandpiper)
- beringinsirri, Calidris ptilocnemis (rock sandpiper)
- eskimosirri, Calidris bairdii (Baird’s sandpiper)
- isosirri, Calidris canutus (red knot)
- kanadansirri, Calidris pusilla (semipalmated sandpiper)
- kuovisirri, Calidris ferruginea (curlew sandpiper)
- lapinsirri, Calidris temminckii (Temminck’s stint)
- merisirri, Calidris maritima (purple sandpiper)
- palsasirri, Calidris melanotos (pectoral sandpiper)
- pikkusirri, Calidris minuta (little stint)
- pitkäkoipisirri, Calidris himantopus (stilt-sandpiper)
- pulmussirri, Calidris alba (sanderling)
- rusokaulasirri, Calidris ruficollis (red-necked stint)
- siperiansirri, Calidris subminuta (long-toed stint)
- suippopyrstösirri, Calidris acuminata (sharp-tailed sandpiper)
- suosirri, Calidris alpina (dunlin)
- tundrasirri, Calidris mauri (western sandpiper)
- valkoperäsirri, Calidris fuscicollis (white-rumped sandpiper)
- vuorisirri, Calidris tenuirostris (great knot)
- lusikkasirri, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (spoon-billed sandpiper)
- kiritimatinsirri, Aechmorhynchus cancellatus (Kiritimati sandpiper)
- tuamotunsirri, Aechmorhynchus parvirostris (Tuamotu sandpiper)
- mooreansirri, Prosobonia ellisi (Moorean sandpiper)
- tahitinsirri, Prosobonia leucoptera (Tahiti sandpiper)
- polynesiansirri (bird of the genus Aechmorhynchus)
- seurasaartensirri (bird of the genus Prosobonia)