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Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
hengiltä
- ablative plural of henki
Adverb
hengiltä
- (with a verb) dead (into the state of being dead, or no longer alive)
- Synonym: kuoliaaksi
- ottaa hengiltä ― to kill
- saada hengiltä ― to get (someone) killed, have (someone) killed
- lyödä hengiltä ― to beat dead
- ampua hengiltä ― to shoot dead
Usage notes
Chiefly used with transitive verbs, not with intransitive ones (e.g. not used for "to freeze to death", for which kuoliaaksi is used).