hirmu
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Estonian
[edit]Noun
[edit]hirmu
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]hirmu
Declension
[edit]Inflection of hirmu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (monster): hirviö
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Adverb
[edit]hirmu (informal)
- very, really, extremely (usually in a positive sense)
- Meillä oli hirmu hauskaa Linnanmäellä.
- We had a really good time in Linnanmäki.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hirmu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian noun forms
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Baltic languages
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/irmu
- Rhymes:Finnish/irmu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Finnish adverbs
- Finnish informal terms
- Finnish terms with usage examples