Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *süksü, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sükśe. Cognates include Estonian sügis, Karelian šygyžy, Northern Sami čakča, Erzya сёксь (śokś), Hungarian ősz.

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈsyksy/, [ˈs̠yks̠y]
• Rhymes: -yksy
• Syllabification(key): syk‧sy
• Hyphenation(key): syk‧sy

Noun

season
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syksy

1. autumn, fall (season of the year)

Usage notes

As with all four seasons in Finnish, the adessive case (syksyllä) is normally used when talking about events that will take place or took place in (the) autumn/fall. The essive case (syksynä) is used instead, however, if there is a determiner like tämä (“this”), viime (“last”) or ensi (“next”); this does not apply when e.g. specifying the year (adessive case is used). As usual, other uses, e.g. when postponing events (allative) or with asti (“until”) (illative), may use other locative cases.