surm

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *surma. Cognate with Finnish surma.

Noun

surm (genitive surma, partitive surma)

  1. death

Declension

Declension of surm (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative surm surmad
accusative nom.
gen. surma
genitive surmade
partitive surma surmi
surmasid
illative surma
surmasse
surmadesse
surmisse
inessive surmas surmades
surmis
elative surmast surmadest
surmist
allative surmale surmadele
surmile
adessive surmal surmadel
surmil
ablative surmalt surmadelt
surmilt
translative surmaks surmadeks
surmiks
terminative surmani surmadeni
essive surmana surmadena
abessive surmata surmadeta
comitative surmaga surmadega

Derived terms

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian surm, from Proto-Finnic *surma.

Noun

surm

  1. death

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *surma. Cognates include Finnish surma and Veps surm.

Pronunciation

Noun

surm

  1. death

Declension

Declension of surm (Type 2/hukk, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative surm surmad
genitive surman surmiden
partitive surmad surmid
illative surmah surmihe
inessive surmas surmiš
elative surmaspiä surmišpiä
allative surmale surmile
adessive surmal surmil
ablative surmalpiä surmilpiä
translative surmaks surmikš
essive surman surmin
abessive surmata surmita
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

References

  • Juho Kujola (1944) Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 410
  • M. Pahomov (2022) “surm”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ, Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 163

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *surma. Cognate with Finnish surma.

Noun

surm

  1. death

Declension

Inflection of surm (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. surm
genitive sing. surman
partitive sing. surmad
partitive plur. surmid
singular plural
nominative surm surmad
accusative surman surmad
genitive surman surmiden
partitive surmad surmid
essive-instructive surman surmin
translative surmaks surmikš
inessive surmas surmiš
elative surmaspäi surmišpäi
illative surmaha surmihe
adessive surmal surmil
ablative surmalpäi surmilpäi
allative surmale surmile
abessive surmata surmita
comitative surmanke surmidenke
prolative surmadme surmidme
approximative I surmanno surmidenno
approximative II surmannoks surmidennoks
egressive surmannopäi surmidennopäi
terminative I surmahasai surmihesai
terminative II surmalesai surmilesai
terminative III surmassai
additive I surmahapäi surmihepäi
additive II surmalepäi surmilepäi