sillimäisinä
Sillimäisinä is a Finnish word that functions as an inflected form of the adjective sillimäinen, which means “herring-like.” The term is formed from the noun silli (herring) with the adjective-forming suffix -mäinen, and then inflected in a plural form that ends with -nä. In practice, sillimäisinä is used to describe multiple items or beings as having the quality of being herring-like, often in a descriptive, metaphorical, or humorous way.
The base sillimäinen denotes a resemblance to silli, the fish known as herring. The word is extended
Sillimäisinä appears mostly in literary, dialectal, or playful Finnish. It is not common in everyday speech,
The base form sillimäinen (singular) and other inflections such as sillimäiset (plural) exist alongside sillimäisinä, reflecting
Finnish language, adjectives, superlatives, dialectal vocabulary.