surku

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *surgō (compare English sorrow, Swedish sorg).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsurku/, [ˈs̠urku]
  • Rhymes: -urku
  • Hyphenation: sur‧ku

Noun

surku

  1. (dialectal or uncommon) pity
  2. (dialectal or uncommon) sadness, sorrow

Usage notes

Only forms with strong gradation (surku-) are normally used, particularly nominative and partitive singular.

Declension

Inflection of surku (Kotus type 1/valo, k- gradation)
nominative surku surut
genitive surun surkujen
partitive surkua surkuja
illative surkuun surkuihin
singular plural
nominative surku surut
accusative nom. surku surut
gen. surun
genitive surun surkujen
partitive surkua surkuja
inessive surussa suruissa
elative surusta suruista
illative surkuun surkuihin
adessive surulla suruilla
ablative surulta suruilta
allative surulle suruille
essive surkuna surkuina
translative suruksi suruiksi
instructive suruin
abessive surutta suruitta
comitative surkuineen

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