surma
See also: Surma
English
Finnish
(index su)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *surma. Cognates include Estonian surm. The Finnic word was borrowed into Komi (compare Komi-Permyak сурым (surym)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsurmɑ/, [ˈs̠urmɑ]
Noun
surma
- A violent death, mainly used of humans.
- He saivat surmansa = They got killed (literally: “they got their deaths”).
- 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
- (law) Killing is the unofficial translation of Finnish penal code used by the Ministry of Justice of Finland. See usage notes under tappo.
Declension
| Inflection of surma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 surmainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | surmin | |
| abessive | surmatta | surmitta | |
| comitative | — | surmineen | |
Synonyms
- (voluntary manslaughter): tappo (common language)
See also
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *surma.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- "surma" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat
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