surma

See also: Surma

English

Noun

surma (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of soorma

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

surma

  1. genitive singular of surm
  2. partitive singular of surm
  3. illative singular of surm

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *surma, from Proto-Uralic *śurma. Equivalent to surra +‎ -ma. Cognates include Estonian surm, Karelian šurma.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsurmɑ/, [ˈs̠urmɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -urmɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sur‧ma

Noun

surma

  1. violent death (mainly used of humans)
    He saivat surmansa
    They got killed
    (literally, “They got their deaths.”)
  2. the personification of sudden death
    Hän joutui surman suuhun.
    He got killed.
    (literally, “He got into the mouth of death.”)
  3. (law) killing, voluntary manslaughter under mitigating circumstances

Usage notes
  • (law): "killing" is the unofficial translation of Finnish penal code used by the Ministry of Justice of Finland. See usage notes under tappo.

Declension
Inflection of surma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative surma surmat
genitive surman surmien
partitive surmaa surmia
illative surmaan surmiin
singular plural
nominative surma surmat
accusative nom. surma surmat
gen. surman
genitive surman surmien
surmainrare
partitive surmaa surmia
inessive surmassa surmissa
elative surmasta surmista
illative surmaan surmiin
adessive surmalla surmilla
ablative surmalta surmilta
allative surmalle surmille
essive surmana surmina
translative surmaksi surmiksi
abessive surmatta surmitta
instructive — surmin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of surma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative surmani surmani
accusative nom. surmani surmani
gen. surmani
genitive surmani surmieni
surmainirare
partitive surmaani surmiani
inessive surmassani surmissani
elative surmastani surmistani
illative surmaani surmiini
adessive surmallani surmillani
ablative surmaltani surmiltani
allative surmalleni surmilleni
essive surmanani surminani
translative surmakseni surmikseni
abessive surmattani surmittani
instructive — —
comitative — surmineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative surmasi surmasi
accusative nom. surmasi surmasi
gen. surmasi
genitive surmasi surmiesi
surmaisirare
partitive surmaasi surmiasi
inessive surmassasi surmissasi
elative surmastasi surmistasi
illative surmaasi surmiisi
adessive surmallasi surmillasi
ablative surmaltasi surmiltasi
allative surmallesi surmillesi
essive surmanasi surminasi
translative surmaksesi surmiksesi
abessive surmattasi surmittasi
instructive — —
comitative — surminesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative surmamme surmamme
accusative nom. surmamme surmamme
gen. surmamme
genitive surmamme surmiemme
surmaimmerare
partitive surmaamme surmiamme
inessive surmassamme surmissamme
elative surmastamme surmistamme
illative surmaamme surmiimme
adessive surmallamme surmillamme
ablative surmaltamme surmiltamme
allative surmallemme surmillemme
essive surmanamme surminamme
translative surmaksemme surmiksemme
abessive surmattamme surmittamme
instructive — —
comitative — surminemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative surmanne surmanne
accusative nom. surmanne surmanne
gen. surmanne
genitive surmanne surmienne
surmainnerare
partitive surmaanne surmianne
inessive surmassanne surmissanne
elative surmastanne surmistanne
illative surmaanne surmiinne
adessive surmallanne surmillanne
ablative surmaltanne surmiltanne
allative surmallenne surmillenne
essive surmananne surminanne
translative surmaksenne surmiksenne
abessive surmattanne surmittanne
instructive — —
comitative — surminenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative surmansa surmansa
accusative nom. surmansa surmansa
gen. surmansa
genitive surmansa surmiensa
surmainsarare
partitive surmaansa surmiaan
surmiansa
inessive surmassaan
surmassansa		 surmissaan
surmissansa
elative surmastaan
surmastansa		 surmistaan
surmistansa
illative surmaansa surmiinsa
adessive surmallaan
surmallansa		 surmillaan
surmillansa
ablative surmaltaan
surmaltansa		 surmiltaan
surmiltansa
allative surmalleen
surmallensa		 surmilleen
surmillensa
essive surmanaan
surmanansa		 surminaan
surminansa
translative surmakseen
surmaksensa		 surmikseen
surmiksensa
abessive surmattaan
surmattansa		 surmittaan
surmittansa
instructive — —
comitative — surmineen
surminensa

Synonyms
  • (voluntary manslaughter): tappo (common language)

Derived terms
nouns
phrases
verbs

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Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *surma. Cognates include Finnish surma and Estonian surm.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsurmɑ/, [ˈs̠urm]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsurmɑ/, [ˈʃurmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -urm, -urmɑ
  • Hyphenation: sur‧ma

Noun

surma

  1. death

Declension
Declension of surma (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative surma surmat
genitive surman surmiin
partitive surmaa surmia
illative surmaa surmii
inessive surmaas surmiis
elative surmast surmist
allative surmalle surmille
adessive surmaal surmiil
ablative surmalt surmilt
translative surmaks surmiks
essive surmanna, surmaan surminna, surmiin
exessive1) surmant surmint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 551
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