surma

See also: Surma

English

Noun

surma (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of soorma

Anagrams

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

  1. A violent death, mainly used of humans.
    • He saivat surmansa = They got killed (literally: “they got their deaths”).
  2. Personification of sudden death.
    • Hän joutui surman suuhun = He got killed (literally: "he got into the mouth of death'").
  3. (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)

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *surma.

Noun

surma (genitive surmaa, partitive [please provide])

  1. death

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References
  • "surma" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat
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