särkynyt sydän

See also: särkynytsydän

Finnish

Etymology

särkynyt (broken) sydän (heart)

Noun

särkynyt sydän

  1. broken heart (feeling of grief or loss, especially of love), in some cases also brokenhearted or brokenheartedly.
    Särkynein sydämin hän sulki oven takanaan.
    Brokenheartedly he closed the door behind him.
  2. bleeding heart, Lamprocapnos spectabilis (flowering plant in the poppy family, native to Siberia)

Usage notes

  • "bokenhearted" and "brokenheartedly" don't have an exact equivalent in Finnish. Cases of särkynyt sydän may often be used instead.

Declension

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