ottaa syyt niskoilleen

Finnish

Alternative forms

• ottaa syy niskoilleen

Verb

ottaa syyt niskoilleen

1. (idiomatic) to take the blame

Conjugation

• See ottaa.
• syyt is in the plural and normally in the accusative case (which appears identical to the nominative case in the plural), but is inflected in the partitive case to express an ongoing or incomplete action or if used in the negative.
• niskoilleen also receives a possessive suffix:

possessor	singular	plural
1st person	niskoilleni	niskoillemme
2nd person	niskoillesi	niskoillenne
3rd person	niskoilleen niskoillensa

Related terms

• vierittää syy jonkun niskoille