hukka perii

Finnish

Verb

hukka perii (literally: "wolf/peril inherits")

  1. (idiomatic) to be doomed
    Hukka meidät perii! / Meidät perii hukka! / Hukka perii meidät!
    We are doomed!

Usage notes

This verb phrase always has hukka (“wolf, peril”) as its subject.

Conjugation

The verb is always used in the third person singular, but may be inflected in tense (such as present or past) and mood (such as indicative or conditional). The infinitive forms are not used. To see the conjugated forms of the verb, see periä.

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