siipeä

Siipeä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun siipi, meaning wing. In Finnish grammar, siipeä is used when the wing is treated as an indefinite part of a whole, a portion, or in contexts where the action affects only part of the wing rather than the whole entity.

Morphology and related forms: The base noun is siipi. Its nominative singular is siipi, the partitive singular is siipeä, and the partitive plural is siipiä. The genitive singular is siiven, and the nominative plural is siivet. These forms illustrate how Finnish marks partial objects and quantities through case endings, which is a characteristic feature of the language’s grammar.

Usage and context: Siipeä appears primarily in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, or meta-texts that discuss Finnish grammar. In everyday speech, speakers typically use the standard noun forms without highlighting the partitive distinction, unless the partial object or indefinite quantity is specifically being discussed or emphasized. The term may also occur in poetry or scholarly writing where grammatical features are described or illustrated.

See also: siipi (wing), siivet (wings), Finnish grammar, partitive case, noun declension.