uhri
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]uhri
- victim, mark, stiff, pigeon, patsy (person who is deceived)
- Mies joutui huijauksen uhriksi.
- The man fell victim to a scam.
- sacrifice, offering; sacrificial (as modifier) (something sacrificed)
- uhrilammas ― sacrificial lamb
- casualty (person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence)
- martyr (one who suffers greatly and/or constantly)
- Stan on niveltulehduksen uhri, Chris Stanin loputtoman valituksen uhri.
- Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of uhri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | uhri | uhrit | |
genitive | uhrin | uhrien | |
partitive | uhria | uhreja | |
illative | uhriin | uhreihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | uhri | uhrit | |
accusative | nom. | uhri | uhrit |
gen. | uhrin | ||
genitive | uhrin | uhrien | |
partitive | uhria | uhreja | |
inessive | uhrissa | uhreissa | |
elative | uhrista | uhreista | |
illative | uhriin | uhreihin | |
adessive | uhrilla | uhreilla | |
ablative | uhrilta | uhreilta | |
allative | uhrille | uhreille | |
essive | uhrina | uhreina | |
translative | uhriksi | uhreiksi | |
abessive | uhritta | uhreitta | |
instructive | — | uhrein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (sacrifice): uhrilahja
- (casualty): kuolonuhri (dead)
- (martyr): marttyyri
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- ihmisuhri
- juomauhri
- kiitosuhri
- kuolonuhri
- lepytysuhri
- messu-uhri
- polttouhri
- rikosuhri
- siviiliuhri
- sovitusuhri
- syntiuhri
- teurasuhri
- uhrialttari
- uhrieläin
- uhrihalkeama
- uhrihevonen
- uhrihierarkia
- uhrikaritsa
- uhrikivi
- uhrikuolema
- uhrilahja
- uhrilammas
- uhrilehto
- uhriluku
- uhrilähde
- uhrimenot
- uhrimetalli
- uhrimieli
- uhrinuotio
- uhripaikka
- uhripappi
- uhripiste
- uhripuu
- uhripöytä
- uhrisavu
- uhritoimitus
- veriuhri
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “uhri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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