surm

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *surma. Cognate with Finnish surma.

Noun

surm (genitive surma, partitive surma)

1. death

Declension

Declension of surm (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		surm	surmad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	surma
genitive			surmade
partitive		surma	surmi surmasid
illative		surma surmasse	surmadesse surmisse
inessive		surmas	surmades surmis
elative		surmast	surmadest surmist
allative		surmale	surmadele surmile
adessive		surmal	surmadel surmil
ablative		surmalt	surmadelt surmilt
translative		surmaks	surmadeks surmiks
terminative		surmani	surmadeni
essive		surmana	surmadena
abessive		surmata	surmadeta
comitative		surmaga	surmadega

Derived terms

• poomissurm

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian surm, from Proto-Finnic *surma.

Noun

surm

1. (Salaca) death

References

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *surma. Cognates include Finnish surma and Veps surm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsurm/
• Rhymes: -urm
• Hyphenation: surm

Noun

surm

1. death

Declension

Declension of surm (type 1b/hukk, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	surm	surmad
genitive	surman	surmiden
partitive	surmad	surmid
essive	surman	surmin
instructive	—	surmin
inessive	surmas	surmiš
elative	surmaspiä	surmišpiä
illative	surmah	surmihe
adessive	surmal	surmil
ablative	surmalpiä	surmilpiä
allative	surmale	surmile
abessive	surmata	surmita
prolative	surmači	surmiči
translative	surmaks	surmikš
additive	surmahpiä	surmihepiä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

References

• Juho Kujola (1944), Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 410
• M. Pahomov (2022), “surm”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎, Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 163

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *surma. Cognate with Finnish surma.

Noun

surm

1. death

Declension

Inflection of surm (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	surm
genitive sing.	surman
partitive sing.	surmad
partitive plur.	surmid
	singular	plural
nominative	surm	surmad
accusative	surman	surmad
genitive	surman	surmiden
partitive	surmad	surmid
essive-instructive	surman	surmin
translative	surmaks	surmikš
inessive	surmas	surmiš
elative	surmaspäi	surmišpäi
illative	surmaha	surmihe
adessive	surmal	surmil
ablative	surmalpäi	surmilpäi
allative	surmale	surmile
abessive	surmata	surmita
comitative	surmanke	surmidenke
prolative	surmadme	surmidme
approximative I	surmanno	surmidenno
approximative II	surmannoks	surmidennoks
egressive	surmannopäi	surmidennopäi
terminative I	surmahasai	surmihesai
terminative II	surmalesai	surmilesai
terminative III	surmassai	—
additive I	surmahapäi	surmihepäi
additive II	surmalepäi	surmilepäi