hirmu

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Estonian

Noun

hirmu

  1. genitive singular of hirm
  2. partitive singular of hirm
  3. illative singular of hirm

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hirmu, possibly borrowed from Baltic (compare Latvian širmuļi, Lithuanian šiurpus).[1] Related to Estonian hirm, Karelian hirmu, Livonian irm and Votic irmu. Probably also related to hirveä.

Pronunciation

Noun

hirmu

  1. monster
  2. fright (of a person)

Declension

Inflection of hirmu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative hirmu hirmut
genitive hirmun hirmujen
partitive hirmua hirmuja
illative hirmuun hirmuihin
singular plural
nominative hirmu hirmut
accusative nom. hirmu hirmut
gen. hirmun
genitive hirmun hirmujen
partitive hirmua hirmuja
inessive hirmussa hirmuissa
elative hirmusta hirmuista
illative hirmuun hirmuihin
adessive hirmulla hirmuilla
ablative hirmulta hirmuilta
allative hirmulle hirmuille
essive hirmuna hirmuina
translative hirmuksi hirmuiksi
abessive hirmutta hirmuitta
instructive — hirmuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hirmu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hirmuni hirmuni
accusative nom. hirmuni hirmuni
gen. hirmuni
genitive hirmuni hirmujeni
partitive hirmuani hirmujani
inessive hirmussani hirmuissani
elative hirmustani hirmuistani
illative hirmuuni hirmuihini
adessive hirmullani hirmuillani
ablative hirmultani hirmuiltani
allative hirmulleni hirmuilleni
essive hirmunani hirmuinani
translative hirmukseni hirmuikseni
abessive hirmuttani hirmuittani
instructive — —
comitative — hirmuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hirmusi hirmusi
accusative nom. hirmusi hirmusi
gen. hirmusi
genitive hirmusi hirmujesi
partitive hirmuasi hirmujasi
inessive hirmussasi hirmuissasi
elative hirmustasi hirmuistasi
illative hirmuusi hirmuihisi
adessive hirmullasi hirmuillasi
ablative hirmultasi hirmuiltasi
allative hirmullesi hirmuillesi
essive hirmunasi hirmuinasi
translative hirmuksesi hirmuiksesi
abessive hirmuttasi hirmuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — hirmuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hirmumme hirmumme
accusative nom. hirmumme hirmumme
gen. hirmumme
genitive hirmumme hirmujemme
partitive hirmuamme hirmujamme
inessive hirmussamme hirmuissamme
elative hirmustamme hirmuistamme
illative hirmuumme hirmuihimme
adessive hirmullamme hirmuillamme
ablative hirmultamme hirmuiltamme
allative hirmullemme hirmuillemme
essive hirmunamme hirmuinamme
translative hirmuksemme hirmuiksemme
abessive hirmuttamme hirmuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — hirmuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hirmunne hirmunne
accusative nom. hirmunne hirmunne
gen. hirmunne
genitive hirmunne hirmujenne
partitive hirmuanne hirmujanne
inessive hirmussanne hirmuissanne
elative hirmustanne hirmuistanne
illative hirmuunne hirmuihinne
adessive hirmullanne hirmuillanne
ablative hirmultanne hirmuiltanne
allative hirmullenne hirmuillenne
essive hirmunanne hirmuinanne
translative hirmuksenne hirmuiksenne
abessive hirmuttanne hirmuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — hirmuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative hirmunsa hirmunsa
accusative nom. hirmunsa hirmunsa
gen. hirmunsa
genitive hirmunsa hirmujensa
partitive hirmuaan
hirmuansa 		hirmujaan
hirmujansa
inessive hirmussaan
hirmussansa 		hirmuissaan
hirmuissansa
elative hirmustaan
hirmustansa 		hirmuistaan
hirmuistansa
illative hirmuunsa hirmuihinsa
adessive hirmullaan
hirmullansa 		hirmuillaan
hirmuillansa
ablative hirmultaan
hirmultansa 		hirmuiltaan
hirmuiltansa
allative hirmulleen
hirmullensa 		hirmuilleen
hirmuillensa
essive hirmunaan
hirmunansa 		hirmuinaan
hirmuinansa
translative hirmukseen
hirmuksensa 		hirmuikseen
hirmuiksensa
abessive hirmuttaan
hirmuttansa 		hirmuittaan
hirmuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — hirmuineen
hirmuinensa

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Adverb

hirmu (informal)

  1. very, really, extremely (usually in a positive sense)
    Meillä oli hirmu hauskaa Linnanmäellä.
    We had a really good time in Linnanmäki.

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “hirmu”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

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