See sisu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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Originally referred to one's physical interior (compare sisus, sisusta), hence the meaning 'core; spirit' and thus 'courage, determination'. 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lopussa, mutta jatkoimme pelkällä sisulla.", "type": "example" }, { "english": "He has a lot of stamina. I suppose that is why he can run for a long time.", "text": "Hänellä on paljon sisua. Luulen, että hän jaksaa siksi juosta pitkään.’’", "type": "example" }, { "english": "Do you have the guts to say \"no\" to your boss?", "text": "Onko sinulla sisua sanoa \"ei\" pomollesi?", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "perseverance, doggedness, stubbornness, grit, stamina, spunk, determination, courage, guts (unwavering strength to keep going when the going gets tough)" ], "id": "en-sisu-fi-noun-hkMH8Vx9", "links": [ [ "perseverance", "perseverance" ], [ "doggedness", "doggedness" ], [ "stubbornness", "stubbornness" ], [ "grit", "grit" ], [ "stamina", "stamina" ], [ "spunk", "spunk" ], [ "determination", "determination" ], [ "courage", "courage" ], [ "guts", "guts" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "10 74 16", "kind": "other", "name": "Finnish entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 78 13", "kind": "other", "name": "Finnish terms suffixed with -u", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "5 86 9", "kind": "other", "name": "Finnish valo-type nominals", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "english": "With tenfold superiority in number of troops, backed with a tenfold amount of artillery and with a force of 150 tanks, the enemy opened the passage for its infantry, opposed only by the famous Finnish sisu.", "ref": "2011, Onni Palaste, Talvisodan ääniä [Voices of the Winter War], WSOY, →ISBN:", "text": "Kymmenkertaisella jalkaväen ylivoimalla, kymmenkertaisen tykistömäärän tukemana ja 150 hyökkäysvaunun voimalla vihollinen avasi tietä jalkaväelle, vastassaan vain suomalainen sisu.", "type": "quote" }, { "english": "I don't know who is responsible for the idea that all Finnish achievements are believed to be due to the famous Finnish sisu. These have included the payment of war reparations, but also the expansion of industry that took place at the turn 1950s and 1960s. I want to warn you: all this is a mere myth, which has nothing to do with reality. Perseverance isn't any greater in this country than elsewhere.", "ref": "1967, Jörn Donner, Uusi Maammekirja, Otava, page 54:", "text": "En tiedä, kuka ja ketkä ovat vastuussa siitä, että Suomen saavutusten uskotaan olevan sisun aikaansaannosta. Sotakorvauksia on pidetty sellaisena, mutta myös 1950—60 -lukujen vaihteessa tapahtunutta teollisuuden laajentumista. Haluan varoittaa sinua: kaikki tämä on pelkkää myyttiä, jolla ei ole mitään tekemistä todellisuuden kanssa. Kestävyys ei ole tässä maassa sen suurempaa kuin muuallakaan.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "sisu, often with the attribute suomalainen (“Finnish”) (strength of will in the face of adversity; grit; perseverance; regarded as an integral part of Finnish culture)" ], "id": "en-sisu-fi-noun-yMvkYYlm", "links": [ [ "sisu", "#English" ], [ "suomalainen", "suomalainen#Finnish" ] ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "english": "The bossing tried his temper.", "text": "Komentelu kävi hänen sisulleen.", "type": "example" }, { "english": "I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart", "ref": "1776, Biblia, se on: koko Pyhä Raamattu suomexi [The Bible, i.e. the entire Holy Bible in Finnish], Ensimäinen Samuelin kirja (1 Samuel) 17:28:", "text": "Minä tiedän sinun ylpeytes ja sydämes pahan sisun", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "temper (tendency to be of a certain type of mood, especially of a bad or defiant one)" ], "id": "en-sisu-fi-noun-FvZlt0Wi", "links": [ [ "temper", "temper" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsisu/" }, { "ipa": "[ˈs̠is̠u]" }, { "rhymes": "-isu" } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "46 49 4", "sense": "perseverance, doggedness, grit", "word": "peräänantamattomuus" }, { "_dis1": "46 49 4", "sense": "perseverance, doggedness, grit", "word": "lannistumattomuus" }, { "_dis1": "46 49 4", "sense": "perseverance, doggedness, grit", "word": "sinnikkyys" }, { "_dis1": "46 49 4", "sense": "perseverance, doggedness, grit", "word": "tahdonvoima" } ], "word": "sisu" }
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Originally referred to one's physical interior (compare sisus, sisusta), hence the meaning 'core; spirit' and thus 'courage, determination'. 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"sisullaan", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "adessive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sisullansa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "adessive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sisuillaan", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "adessive", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sisuillansa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "adessive", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sisultaan", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "ablative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sisultansa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "ablative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sisuiltaan", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "ablative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sisuiltansa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "ablative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sisulleen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "allative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sisullensa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "allative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sisuilleen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "allative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sisuillensa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "allative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sisunaan", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "essive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sisunansa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "essive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sisuinaan", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "essive", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sisuinansa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "essive", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sisukseen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "singular", "translative" ] }, { "form": "sisuksensa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "singular", "translative" ] }, { "form": "sisuikseen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "plural", "translative" ] }, { "form": "sisuiksensa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "plural", "translative" ] }, { "form": "sisuttaan", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "abessive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sisuttansa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "abessive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sisuittaan", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "abessive", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sisuittansa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "abessive", "plural" ] }, { "form": "-", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "instructive", "singular" ] }, { "form": "-", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "instructive", "plural" ] }, { "form": "-", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "comitative", "singular" ] }, { "form": "sisuineen", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "comitative", "plural" ] }, { "form": "sisuinensa", "source": "declension", "tags": [ "comitative", "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "fi", "2": "nouns", "cat2": "", "g": "", "head": "", "sort": "" }, "expansion": "sisu", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "sisu", "name": "fi-noun" } ], "inflection_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sis", "2": "", "3": "", "4": "u", "5": "a" }, "name": "fi-decl-valo" } ], "lang": "Finnish", "lang_code": "fi", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Finnish terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "english": "We were completely exhausted but continued out of pure determination / to spite fate.", "text": "Voimamme olivat aivan lopussa, mutta jatkoimme pelkällä sisulla.", "type": "example" }, { "english": "He has a lot of stamina. I suppose that is why he can run for a long time.", "text": "Hänellä on paljon sisua. Luulen, että hän jaksaa siksi juosta pitkään.’’", "type": "example" }, { "english": "Do you have the guts to say \"no\" to your boss?", "text": "Onko sinulla sisua sanoa \"ei\" pomollesi?", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "perseverance, doggedness, stubbornness, grit, stamina, spunk, determination, courage, guts (unwavering strength to keep going when the going gets tough)" ], "links": [ [ "perseverance", "perseverance" ], [ "doggedness", "doggedness" ], [ "stubbornness", "stubbornness" ], [ "grit", "grit" ], [ "stamina", "stamina" ], [ "spunk", "spunk" ], [ "determination", "determination" ], [ "courage", "courage" ], [ "guts", "guts" ] ] }, { "categories": [ "Finnish terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "english": "With tenfold superiority in number of troops, backed with a tenfold amount of artillery and with a force of 150 tanks, the enemy opened the passage for its infantry, opposed only by the famous Finnish sisu.", "ref": "2011, Onni Palaste, Talvisodan ääniä [Voices of the Winter War], WSOY, →ISBN:", "text": "Kymmenkertaisella jalkaväen ylivoimalla, kymmenkertaisen tykistömäärän tukemana ja 150 hyökkäysvaunun voimalla vihollinen avasi tietä jalkaväelle, vastassaan vain suomalainen sisu.", "type": "quote" }, { "english": "I don't know who is responsible for the idea that all Finnish achievements are believed to be due to the famous Finnish sisu. These have included the payment of war reparations, but also the expansion of industry that took place at the turn 1950s and 1960s. I want to warn you: all this is a mere myth, which has nothing to do with reality. Perseverance isn't any greater in this country than elsewhere.", "ref": "1967, Jörn Donner, Uusi Maammekirja, Otava, page 54:", "text": "En tiedä, kuka ja ketkä ovat vastuussa siitä, että Suomen saavutusten uskotaan olevan sisun aikaansaannosta. Sotakorvauksia on pidetty sellaisena, mutta myös 1950—60 -lukujen vaihteessa tapahtunutta teollisuuden laajentumista. Haluan varoittaa sinua: kaikki tämä on pelkkää myyttiä, jolla ei ole mitään tekemistä todellisuuden kanssa. Kestävyys ei ole tässä maassa sen suurempaa kuin muuallakaan.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "sisu, often with the attribute suomalainen (“Finnish”) (strength of will in the face of adversity; grit; perseverance; regarded as an integral part of Finnish culture)" ], "links": [ [ "sisu", "#English" ], [ "suomalainen", "suomalainen#Finnish" ] ] }, { "categories": [ "Finnish terms with quotations", "Finnish terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "english": "The bossing tried his temper.", "text": "Komentelu kävi hänen sisulleen.", "type": "example" }, { "english": "I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart", "ref": "1776, Biblia, se on: koko Pyhä Raamattu suomexi [The Bible, i.e. the entire Holy Bible in Finnish], Ensimäinen Samuelin kirja (1 Samuel) 17:28:", "text": "Minä tiedän sinun ylpeytes ja sydämes pahan sisun", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "temper (tendency to be of a certain type of mood, especially of a bad or defiant one)" ], "links": [ [ "temper", "temper" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsisu/" }, { "ipa": "[ˈs̠is̠u]" }, { "rhymes": "-isu" } ], "synonyms": [ { "sense": "perseverance, doggedness, grit", "word": "peräänantamattomuus" }, { "sense": "perseverance, doggedness, grit", "word": "lannistumattomuus" }, { "sense": "perseverance, doggedness, grit", "word": "sinnikkyys" }, { "sense": "perseverance, doggedness, grit", "word": "tahdonvoima" } ], "word": "sisu" }
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