uhri
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
uhri
- victim
- Mies joutui huijauksen uhriksi.
- The man fell victim to a scam.
- mark, stiff, pigeon, patsy (person who is deceived)
- sacrifice, offering (something sacrificed)
- casualty (person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence)
- martyr (one who suffers greatly and/or constantly)
- Stan on niveltulehduksen uhri, Chris Stanin loputtoman valituksen uhri.
- Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
Declension
Inflection of uhri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | uhri | uhrit | |
genitive | uhrin | uhrien | |
partitive | uhria | uhreja | |
illative | uhriin | uhreihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | uhri | uhrit | |
accusative | nom. | uhri | uhrit |
gen. | uhrin | ||
genitive | uhrin | uhrien | |
partitive | uhria | uhreja | |
inessive | uhrissa | uhreissa | |
elative | uhrista | uhreista | |
illative | uhriin | uhreihin | |
adessive | uhrilla | uhreilla | |
ablative | uhrilta | uhreilta | |
allative | uhrille | uhreille | |
essive | uhrina | uhreina | |
translative | uhriksi | uhreiksi | |
abessive | uhritta | uhreitta | |
instructive | — | uhrein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (sacrifice): uhrilahja
- (casualty): kuolonuhri (dead)
Compounds
compounds