surku
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *surgō (compare English sorrow, Swedish sorg).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsurku/, [ˈs̠urku]
- Rhymes: -urku
- Hyphenation: sur‧ku
Noun
surku
- (dialectal or uncommon) pity
- (dialectal or uncommon) sadness, sorrow
Usage notes
Only forms with strong gradation (surku-) are normally used, particularly nominative and partitive singular.
Declension
| Inflection of surku (Kotus type 1/valo, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | surku | surut | |
| genitive | surun | surkujen | |
| partitive | surkua | surkuja | |
| illative | surkuun | surkuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | surku | surut | |
| accusative | nom. | surku | surut |
| gen. | surun | ||
| genitive | surun | surkujen | |
| partitive | surkua | surkuja | |
| inessive | surussa | suruissa | |
| elative | surusta | suruista | |
| illative | surkuun | surkuihin | |
| adessive | surulla | suruilla | |
| ablative | surulta | suruilta | |
| allative | surulle | suruille | |
| essive | surkuna | surkuina | |
| translative | suruksi | suruiksi | |
| instructive | — | suruin | |
| abessive | surutta | suruitta | |
| comitative | — | surkuineen | |
Derived terms
- surkea
See also
- suru
Anagrams
- rusku, skuru