hirmu
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -irmu
Etymology
Related to Estonian hirm and Livonian irm.
Noun
hirmu
- monster
- (of a person) fright
Declension
| Inflection of hirmu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hirmu | hirmut | |
| genitive | hirmun | hirmujen | |
| partitive | hirmua | hirmuja | |
| illative | hirmuun | hirmuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hirmu | hirmut | |
| accusative | nom. | hirmu | hirmut |
| gen. | hirmun | ||
| genitive | hirmun | hirmujen | |
| partitive | hirmua | hirmuja | |
| inessive | hirmussa | hirmuissa | |
| elative | hirmusta | hirmuista | |
| illative | hirmuun | hirmuihin | |
| adessive | hirmulla | hirmuilla | |
| ablative | hirmulta | hirmuilta | |
| allative | hirmulle | hirmuille | |
| essive | hirmuna | hirmuina | |
| translative | hirmuksi | hirmuiksi | |
| instructive | — | hirmuin | |
| abessive | hirmutta | hirmuitta | |
| comitative | — | hirmuineen | |
Synonyms
- (monster): hirviö
Derived terms
- hirmuinen
- hirmustua
Compounds
compounds
- hirmuaika
- hirmuhallitsija
- hirmulisko
- hirmumyrsky
- hirmuvalta
- hirmuvaltias
- pirttihirmu
Adverb
hirmu
- (informal) very, really, extremely; usually in positive sense
- Meillä oli hirmu hauskaa Linnanmäellä.
- We had a really good time in Linnanmäki.
- Meillä oli hirmu hauskaa Linnanmäellä.