perkelet

Etymology

From Finnish perkele (“Satan; a devil”), from Proto-Finnic *perkeleh (“evil spirit”), from Proto-Baltic [Term?]. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈperkelet/

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Rhymes: -et
Hyphenation: per‧ke‧let

Noun

perkelet (genitive perkelheen, partitive perkelettä)

Satan, the Devil
a devil

Declension

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