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suuri

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Estonian

Adjective

suuri

  1. partitive plural of suur

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suuri, borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *stūraz or from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰuHrás (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuːri/, [ˈs̠uːri]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːri
  • Syllabification(key): suu‧ri
  • Hyphenation(key): suu‧ri

Adjective

suuri (comparative suurempi, superlative suurin)

  1. large, big, great (of considerable size or extent)
    Synonyms: iso; see also Thesaurus:iso, Thesaurus:valtava
    Antonym: pieni
  2. high (in amount or quantity)
    Antonym: pieni
  3. great (extreme or more than usual; of significant importance or consequence)
    Synonym: iso
    Antonym: pieni
  4. great (mighty, powerful)
    Synonyms: iso, mahtava
    Pietari SuuriPeter the Great
  5. (music) major (of an interval)

Usage notes

  • This adjective has a combining form suur- (see it for derived terms), but it is not always used. Generally, the form suuri is used directly in compound adjectives of the form suuri + noun + -inen, while suur- is used as a modifier for the following headword.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

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Ingrian

Pronunciation

Adjective

suuri (comparative suuremp)

  1. alternative form of suur
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, N. A. Iljin, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 18:
      Meri ono suuri. Meres elläät kalat.
      The sea is big. Fish live in the sea.

Declension

More information Declension of (type 5/keeli, no gradation), singular ...

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 553
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Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suuri. Cognates include Karelian proper šuuri.

Adjective

suuri

  1. big

Votic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suuri.

Pronunciation

Adjective

suuri (comparative suurõpi, superlative kõikka suurõpi)

  1. large, big, great
  2. grown up

Inflection

More information Declension of (type X/tuli, no gradation), singular ...

References

  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “suuri”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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