hirm

hirm

See also: Hirm

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hirmu. Cognate with Finnish hirmu, Votic irmu, Ingrian hirmu, Karelian hirmu and Livonian irm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhirm/, [ˈ(h)irm]
• Rhymes: -irm
• Hyphenation: hirm

Noun

hirm (genitive hirmu, partitive hirmu)

1. fear, fright; terror; horror; anxiety; dread
   1. A state of agitation caused by a distinctively perceptible danger (with genitive case + ees; elative case; genitive case + pärast; partitive case + verb).

      Naine tundis kohutavat hirmu vananemise ees.

      The woman was terribly afraid of ageing.

      (literally, “The woman felt terrible fear in front of ageing.”)

      Hirm töökohta kaotada on suur.

      The fear of losing my job is big.

   2. A frightening creature or thing.

      See koer on meie tänava hirm.

      Everyone on our street is terrified of that dog.

      (literally, “That dog is the fear of our street.”)

      1. Tyranny, reign of terror.

         Pätikamp hoidis tervet küla hirmu all.

         The gang of thugs was holding the whole village under their tyranny.

Declension

Declension of hirm (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	hirm	hirmud
genitive	hirmu	hirmude
partitive	hirmu	hirme / hirmusid
illative	hirmu / hirmusse	hirmudesse / hirmesse
inessive	hirmus	hirmudes / hirmes
elative	hirmust	hirmudest / hirmest
allative	hirmule	hirmudele / hirmele
adessive	hirmul	hirmudel / hirmel
ablative	hirmult	hirmudelt / hirmelt
translative	hirmuks	hirmudeks / hirmeks
terminative	hirmuni	hirmudeni
essive	hirmuna	hirmudena
abessive	hirmuta	hirmudeta
comitative	hirmuga	hirmudega

Synonyms

• (state of agitation): hirmutunne

Derived terms

Derived terms

hirmujudin hirmukil hirmukile hirmuma hirmunult

hirmus hirmsasti hirmutama hernehirmutis hirmutaja hirmutamine hirmutis hirmutus

hirmutunne hirmuvalitseja hirmuäratav kabuhirm põrguhirm

surmahirm

References

• hirm in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
• hirm in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• hirm in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
• hirm in Sõnaveeb