surra

Estonian

Verb

surra

1. Da-infinitive of surema.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śuri- (“to die”), cognate with eg. Estonian surema (“to die”). Compare also surma. The modern meaning is by contamination from surkea.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sur‧ra
• Rhymes: -urːɑ
• IPA: [ˈsurːɑˣ]

Verb

surra

1. (intransitive) To mourn, grieve (very often because of sb's death).
2. (transitive) To mourn, grieve (over sb = partitive; over a dead person).

Conjugation

Conjugation of surra (type tulla)

indicative
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	suren	en sure	1st sing.	olen surrut	en ole surrut
2nd sing.	suret	et sure	2nd sing.	olet surrut	et ole surrut
3rd sing.	suree	ei sure	3rd sing.	on surrut	ei ole surrut
1st plur.	suremme	emme sure	1st plur.	olemme surreet	emme ole surreet
2nd plur.	surette	ette sure	2nd plur.	olette surreet	ette ole surreet
3rd plur.	surevat	eivät sure	3rd plur.	ovat surreet	eivät ole surreet
passive	surraan	ei surra	passive	on surtu	ei ole surtu
past			pluperfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	surin	en surrut	1st sing.	olin surrut	en ollut surrut
2nd sing.	surit	et surrut	2nd sing.	olit surrut	et ollut surrut
3rd sing.	suri	ei surrut	3rd sing.	oli surrut	ei ollut surrut
1st plur.	surimme	emme surreet	1st plur.	olimme surreet	emme olleet surreet
2nd plur.	suritte	ette surreet	2nd plur.	olitte surreet	ette olleet surreet
3rd plur.	surivat	eivät surreet	3rd plur.	olivat surreet	eivät olleet surreet
passive	surtiin	ei surtu	passive	oli surtu	ei ollut surtu
conditional
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	surisin	en surisi	1st sing.	olisin surrut	en olisi surrut
2nd sing.	surisit	et surisi	2nd sing.	olisit surrut	et olisi surrut
3rd sing.	surisi	ei surisi	3rd sing.	olisi surrut	ei olisi surrut
1st plur.	surisimme	emme surisi	1st plur.	olisimme surreet	emme olisi surreet
2nd plur.	surisitte	ette surisi	2nd plur.	olisitte surreet	ette olisi surreet
3rd plur.	surisivat	eivät surisi	3rd plur.	olisivat surreet	eivät olisi surreet
passive	surtaisiin	ei surtaisi	passive	olisi surtu	ei olisi surtu
imperative
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	–	–	1st sing.	–	–
2nd sing.	sure	älä sure	2nd sing.	ole surrut	älä ole surrut
3rd sing.	surkoon	älköön surko	3rd sing.	olkoon surrut	älköön olko surrut
1st plur.	surkaamme	älkäämme surko	1st plur.	olkaamme surreet	älkäämme olko surreet
2nd plur.	surkaa	älkää surko	2nd plur.	olkaa surreet	älkää olko surreet
3rd plur.	surkoot	älkööt surko	3rd plur.	olkoot surreet	älkööt olko surreet
passive	surtakoon	älköön surtako	passive	olkoon surtu	älköön olko surtu
potential
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	surren	en surre	1st sing.	lienen surrut	en liene surrut
2nd sing.	surret	et surre	2nd sing.	lienet surrut	et liene surrut
3rd sing.	surree	ei surre	3rd sing.	lienee surrut	ei liene surrut
1st plur.	surremme	emme surre	1st plur.	lienemme surreet	emme liene surreet
2nd plur.	surrette	ette surre	2nd plur.	lienette surreet	ette liene surreet
3rd plur.	surrevat	eivät surre	3rd plur.	lienevät surreet	eivät liene surreet
passive	surtaneen	ei surtane	passive	lienee surtu	ei liene surtu

Nominal forms
infinitive				participle
		active	passive		active	passive
I		surra		present	sureva	surtava
long I		surrakseen 2		past	surrut	surtu
II	inessive	surressa 1	surtaessa	agent	surema1, 3
	instructive	surren	–	negative	surematon
III	inessive	suremassa	–	1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. 3) Does not exist in the case of intransitive verbs. Do not confuse with nouns formed with the -ma suffix.
	elative	suremasta	–
	illative	suremaan	–
	adessive	suremalla	–
	abessive	surematta	–
	instructive	sureman	surtaman
IV	nominative	sureminen
	partitive	suremista
V		suremaisillaan 2

Antonyms

• iloita

Derived terms

• nouns: surija, suru
• verbs: causative surettaa

Related terms

• surma

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Swedish

Verb

surra

1. buzz; to make a buzzing sound as of bees, or of a murmur
2. to speak quietly or secretly but constantly about something
3. to secure or fasten something, such as cargo, better

   Surra lasten, en storm är på väg

   Secure the cargo, a storm is coming

Conjugation

Conjugation of surra

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	surra	surras
Present tense	surrar	surras
Past tense	surrade	surrades
Supine	surrat	surrats
Imperative	surra	—
Present participle	surrande
Past participle	surrad