nirri
Finnish
editEtymology
editUnknown, possibly related to nirhata.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnirri (colloquial)
- (chiefly in expressions) life (the state of being alive or living)
- ottaa nirri pois ― to kill, put down (literally, “to take the life away/off”)
Declension
editInflection of nirri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nirri | nirrit | |
genitive | nirrin | nirrien | |
partitive | nirriä | nirrejä | |
illative | nirriin | nirreihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nirri | nirrit | |
accusative | nom. | nirri | nirrit |
gen. | nirrin | ||
genitive | nirrin | nirrien | |
partitive | nirriä | nirrejä | |
inessive | nirrissä | nirreissä | |
elative | nirristä | nirreistä | |
illative | nirriin | nirreihin | |
adessive | nirrillä | nirreillä | |
ablative | nirriltä | nirreiltä | |
allative | nirrille | nirreille | |
essive | nirrinä | nirreinä | |
translative | nirriksi | nirreiksi | |
abessive | nirrittä | nirreittä | |
instructive | — | nirrein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
References
edit- ^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSES 2021"), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “nirri”, 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 2023-07-03