selitys

== Finnish == === Etymology === selittää (“to explain”) +‎ -ys === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈselitys/, [ˈs̠e̞lit̪ys̠] Rhymes: -elitys Syllabification(key): se‧li‧tys Hyphenation(key): se‧li‧tys === Noun === selitys explanation [with illative ‘for’; or with elative ‘about, concerning’] (informal) excuse Selityksiä, selityksiä. ― Excuses, excuses. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “selitys”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023