seesam

Finnish

Noun

seesam

  1. Alternative spelling of seesami Used especially as modifier in compound terms.
  2. (archaic) An open sesame (any successful means of achieving a result).
    Tämä oli se seesam, joka avasi tien tytön sydämeen.
    This was the open sesame that unlocked the door to the girl's heart.

Declension

Inflection of seesam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative seesam seesamit
genitive seesamin seesamien
partitive seesamia seesameja
illative seesamiin seesameihin
singular plural
nominative seesam seesamit
accusative nom. seesam seesamit
gen. seesamin
genitive seesamin seesamien
partitive seesamia seesameja
inessive seesamissa seesameissa
elative seesamista seesameista
illative seesamiin seesameihin
adessive seesamilla seesameilla
ablative seesamilta seesameilta
allative seesamille seesameille
essive seesamina seesameina
translative seesamiksi seesameiksi
instructive seesamein
abessive seesamitta seesameitta
comitative seesameineen

Compounds

Synonyms

Interjection

seesam

  1. seesam aukene! = open sesame!
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