uhri
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish offer.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: uh‧ri
- Rhymes: -uhri
- IPA(key): /ˈuxri/
Noun
uhri
- victim
- Mies joutui huijauksen uhriksi.
- The man fell victim to a scam.
- mark, stiff, pigeon, patsy (person who is deceived)
- sacrifice, offering (something sacrificed)
- casualty (person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence)
- martyr (one who suffers greatly and/or constantly)
- Stan on niveltulehduksen uhri, Chris Stanin loputtoman valituksen uhri.
- Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
Declension
| Inflection of uhri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | uhri | uhrit | |
| genitive | uhrin | uhrien | |
| partitive | uhria | uhreja | |
| illative | uhriin | uhreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | uhri | uhrit | |
| accusative | nom. | uhri | uhrit |
| gen. | uhrin | ||
| genitive | uhrin | uhrien | |
| partitive | uhria | uhreja | |
| inessive | uhrissa | uhreissa | |
| elative | uhrista | uhreista | |
| illative | uhriin | uhreihin | |
| adessive | uhrilla | uhreilla | |
| ablative | uhrilta | uhreilta | |
| allative | uhrille | uhreille | |
| essive | uhrina | uhreina | |
| translative | uhriksi | uhreiksi | |
| instructive | — | uhrein | |
| abessive | uhritta | uhreitta | |
| comitative | — | uhreineen | |
Synonyms
- (sacrifice): uhrilahja
- (casualty): kuolonuhri (dead)
Compounds
compounds
- ihmisuhri
- kiitosuhri
- kuolonuhri
- lepytysuhri
- messu-uhri
- polttouhri
- siviiliuhri
- sovitusuhri
- syntiuhri
- teurasuhri
- uhrialttari
- uhrieläin
- uhrihevonen
- uhrikaritsa
- uhrikivi
- uhrikuolema
- uhrilahja
- uhrilammas
- uhrilehto
- uhrilähde
- uhrimenot
- uhrimieli
- uhripaikka
- uhripappi
- uhripuu
- uhrisavu
- uhritoimitus
- uhrivalmius
- veriuhri
Related terms
- uhrata
- uhraaja
- uhraus
- uhrautua
- uhrautuva
- uhrautuvasti
- uhrautuvuus
- uhrautuvainen