tyhjilleen

Finnish

Etymology

The allative plural of tyhjä (“empty”) with a possessive suffix.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtyhjilːeːn/, [ˈt̪yçjilːe̞ːn]
Rhymes: -yhjilːeːn
Syllabification^(key): tyh‧jil‧leen

Adverb

tyhjilleen

empty, vacated, abandoned, without occupants, unoccupied (to the state of emptiness)
Talo jäi tyhjilleen kolme vuotta sitten.
The house was abandoned three years ago.

Inflection

→○	allative	tyhjilleen
○	adessive	tyhjillään
○→	ablative	tyhjiltään

Synonyms

(vacated): autioksi, tyhjäksi

Related terms

Further reading

“tyhjilleen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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