Sairailla

Sairailla is a Finnish verb that generally means to be ill or to be affected by illness. The term is found in older or regional language and is not as common in contemporary standard Finnish, where sairastua (to fall ill) or olla sairas (to be sick) are typically used instead.

In usage, sairailla can describe periods of illness or mild, temporary sickness. It is more likely to appear in literary or dialectal contexts than in everyday speech. Because it is less common in modern Finnish, speakers often choose the more common verbs sairastua or olla sairas to express illness, while sairailla may convey a sense of being unwell over a stretch of time in certain regional varieties.

Etymology and related terms are linked to the adjective saira, meaning ill, and to other illness-related words such as sairaus (illness) and sairas (sick). Related verbs include sairastaa (to fall ill) and sairastella (to pretend to be ill or to complain of illness in a light, colloquial sense). The word saks in standard usage remains relatively marginal, but it can appear in historical texts, poetry, or dialect writings as part of Finland’s linguistic variety.

See also: sairaus, sairas, sairastaa, sairastella, sairastua.