nirri
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, possibly related to nirhata.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nirri (colloquial)
- (chiefly in expressions) life
- Nirri pois! — Kill! (literally: life away)
Declension edit
Inflection 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), 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