surma
See also: Surma
English
editNoun
editsurma (uncountable)
- Alternative form of soorma
Anagrams
editEstonian
editNoun
editsurma
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *surma, from Proto-Uralic *śurma. Equivalent to surra + -ma. Cognates include Estonian surm, Karelian šurma.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsurma
- violent death (mainly used of humans)
- He saivat surmansa
- They got killed
- (literally, “They got their deaths.”)
- the personification of sudden death
- Hän joutui surman suuhun.
- He got killed.
- (literally, “He got into the mouth of death.”)
- (law) killing, voluntary manslaughter under mitigating circumstances
Usage notes
edit- (law): "killing" is the unofficial translation of Finnish penal code used by the Ministry of Justice of Finland. See usage notes under tappo.
Declension
editInflection of surma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | surma | surmat | |
genitive | surman | surmien | |
partitive | surmaa | surmia | |
illative | surmaan | surmiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | surma | surmat | |
accusative | nom. | surma | surmat |
gen. | surman | ||
genitive | surman | surmien surmain rare | |
partitive | surmaa | surmia | |
inessive | surmassa | surmissa | |
elative | surmasta | surmista | |
illative | surmaan | surmiin | |
adessive | surmalla | surmilla | |
ablative | surmalta | surmilta | |
allative | surmalle | surmille | |
essive | surmana | surmina | |
translative | surmaksi | surmiksi | |
abessive | surmatta | surmitta | |
instructive | — | surmin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (voluntary manslaughter): tappo (common language)
Derived terms
editnouns
phrases
verbs
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “surma”, 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 2023-07-03
Anagrams
editIngrian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *surma. Cognates include Finnish surma and Estonian surm.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsurmɑ/, [ˈs̠urm]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsurmɑ/, [ˈʃurmɑ]
- Rhymes: -urm, -urmɑ
- Hyphenation: sur‧ma
Noun
editsurma
Declension
editDeclension of surma (type 3/koira, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | surma | surmat |
genitive | surman | surmiin |
partitive | surmaa | surmia |
illative | surmaa | surmii |
inessive | surmaas | surmiis |
elative | surmast | surmist |
allative | surmalle | surmille |
adessive | surmaal | surmiil |
ablative | surmalt | surmilt |
translative | surmaks | surmiks |
essive | surmanna, surmaan | surminna, surmiin |
exessive1) | surmant | surmint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editSee also
edit- koolla (“to die”)
References
edit- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сурума”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 699
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 551
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