silloin
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
si- (“it”) + -lloin (temporal)
Adverb edit
silloin
- then (at that time)
- Hän oli silloin onnellinen. ― He was happy then.
- then (in the case that)
- Mitä tapahtuu silloin, kun kukaan ei ole todistamassa? ― When nobody is there to witness it, what happens then?
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “silloin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
silloin
- instructive plural of silta
- instructive plural of silla
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Temporal of se (“it”). Akin to Finnish silloin.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsilːoi̯n/, [ˈs̠iɫːŏ̞n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsilːoi̯n/, [ˈʃiɫːo̞i̯n]
- Rhymes: -ilːoi̯n
- Hyphenation: sil‧loin
Adverb edit
silloin
- then
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:
- Sloga voip loppua i konsonanttaa ja silloin sloggaa kutsutaa salvatuks.
- A syllable can also end in a consonant and then the consonant is called closed.
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 525