syntipukki

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Finnish

Etymology

synti (sin) +‎ pukki (buck - male goat). Compare German Sündenbock.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsyntiˌpukːi/,
  • Rhymes: -ukːi
  • Hyphenation(key): synti‧pukki

Noun

syntipukki

  1. scapegoat (one held responsible for something negative)

Declension

Inflection of syntipukki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation)
nominative syntipukki syntipukit
genitive syntipukin syntipukkien
partitive syntipukkia syntipukkeja
illative syntipukkiin syntipukkeihin
singular plural
nominative syntipukki syntipukit
accusative nom. syntipukki syntipukit
gen. syntipukin
genitive syntipukin syntipukkien
partitive syntipukkia syntipukkeja
inessive syntipukissa syntipukeissa
elative syntipukista syntipukeista
illative syntipukkiin syntipukkeihin
adessive syntipukilla syntipukeilla
ablative syntipukilta syntipukeilta
allative syntipukille syntipukeille
essive syntipukkina syntipukkeina
translative syntipukiksi syntipukeiksi
abessive syntipukitta syntipukeitta
instructive syntipukein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of syntipukki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation)

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