verilöyly

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Etymology

veri (blood) +‎ löyly (steam ); probably a calque of Swedish blodbad

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeriˌløy̯ly/,
  • Rhymes: -øyly
  • Hyphenation(key): veri‧löyly

Noun

verilöyly

  1. massacre, bloodbath, carnage, bloodshed

Declension

Inflection of verilöyly (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative verilöyly verilöylyt
genitive verilöylyn verilöylyjen
partitive verilöylyä verilöylyjä
illative verilöylyyn verilöylyihin
singular plural
nominative verilöyly verilöylyt
accusative nom. verilöyly verilöylyt
gen. verilöylyn
genitive verilöylyn verilöylyjen
partitive verilöylyä verilöylyjä
inessive verilöylyssä verilöylyissä
elative verilöylystä verilöylyistä
illative verilöylyyn verilöylyihin
adessive verilöylyllä verilöylyillä
ablative verilöylyltä verilöylyiltä
allative verilöylylle verilöylyille
essive verilöylynä verilöylyinä
translative verilöylyksi verilöylyiksi
abessive verilöylyttä verilöylyittä
instructive verilöylyin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of verilöyly (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

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