selälleen

Finnish

Etymology

The allative singular of selkä (selälle) with a possessive suffix.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈselælːeːn/, [ˈs̠e̞lælːe̞ːn]
Rhymes: -elælːeːn
Syllabification^(key): se‧läl‧leen

Adverb

selälleen

onto one's back
(into being) wide open

Inflection

→○	allative	selälleen
○	adessive	selällään
○→	ablative	–

Personal/possessive forms of selälleen
no possessor	—
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	selälleni	selällemme
2nd person	selällesi	selällenne
3rd person	selälleen selällensä

Further reading

“selälleen”, 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 2023-07-03

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