särkynyt sydän
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See also: särkynytsydän
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]särkynyt (“broken”) sydän (“heart”)
Noun
[edit]- broken heart (feeling of grief or loss, especially of love), in some cases also brokenhearted or brokenheartedly.
- Särkynein sydämin hän sulki oven takanaan.
- Brokenheartedly he closed the door behind him.
- bleeding heart, Lamprocapnos spectabilis (flowering plant in the poppy family, native to Siberia)
Usage notes
[edit]- "bokenhearted" and "brokenheartedly" don't have an exact equivalent in Finnish. Cases of särkynyt sydän may often be used instead.