samanlaisilta

Samanlaisilta is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective samanlainen, which means “similar” or “alike.” It is used in plural contexts to indicate that several items share similar characteristics or appearance with a reference group. In Finnish grammar, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in number and case, and samanlaisilta appears in specific plural forms that appear in predicative or comparative constructions.

In practice, samanlaisilta commonly appears in sentences describing appearance or resemblance in a plural reference frame. A typical example is: Nuo kengät näyttivät samanlaisilta kuin nämä. This translates to “Those shoes looked similar to these.” Here the word samanlaisilta signals that the referenced objects are similar to the comparison items, rather than identical.

Samanlaisilta can also be found in other comparative phrases where the degree of similarity is being stated or implied. The form is one of several related inflected variants of samanlainen used to express likeness across different grammatical contexts, especially when the subject and the reference group are plural.

Etymologically, samanlaisilta is formed from the stem sama- (“the same”) and the suffix -lainen (“-like”). It reflects the way Finnish uses inflection to convey subtle shades of comparison and resemblance within sentences.

See also: samanlainen, samanlaisia, samankaltainen.