Siirty

Siirty is a term that appears primarily in relation to Finnish verb morphology rather than as a standalone common word. In standard Finnish, the related verb is siirtyä, meaning to move, transfer, or shift. Siirty- is the common stem used to form finite and non-finite forms of siirtyä, and is sometimes described in linguistic contexts as the verb-stem or lexical root.

In ordinary usage, the verb siirtyä participates in the typical Finnish conjugation patterns. Examples include minä siirryn (I am moving), sinä siirryt (you move), and hän siirtyy (he/she moves). The infinitive form is siirtyä, and the past tense forms are derived from the same stem with appropriate endings. The root also appears in related compounds and derivatives, such as siirtymä, which means transition or shift, and siirtymäaika, meaning a transition period or grace period. The noun siirtymä is common in everyday language, administration, and technical contexts, where it refers to a change from one state, position, or condition to another.

In linguistics and language studies, siirty- is discussed as the semantic and morphological basis for movement-related meaning in Finnish, distinguishing explicitly from other movement-related roots. The term is rarely used as an independent dictionary entry; it is typically encountered in analyses of the verb siirtyä or in discussions of its derivatives.

See also: siirtyä, siirtymä, siirtymäaika, siirtyminen.

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