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surra
surra
English
Noun
surra (uncountable)
- A disease of vertebrate animals caused by protozoan trypanosomes, involving fever, weakness, and lethargy.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *surdak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śure- (“to die”), which is from Proto-Uralic *śure. It is a cognate with eg. Estonian surema (“to die”). Compare also surma. The modern meaning is by contamination from surkea.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sur‧ra
- Rhymes: -urːɑ
- IPA(key): [ˈsurːɑˣ]
Verb
surra
- (intransitive) To mourn, grieve (very often because of someone's death).
- (transitive) To mourn, grieve (over someone = partitive; over a dead person).
Conjugation
| Inflection of surra (Kotus type 67/tulla, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | suren | en sure | 1st sing. | olen surrut | en ole surrut | |
| 2nd sing. | suret | et sure | 2nd sing. | olet surrut | et ole surrut | |
| 3rd sing. | suree | ei sure | 3rd sing. | on surrut | ei ole surrut | |
| 1st plur. | suremme | emme sure | 1st plur. | olemme surreet | emme ole surreet | |
| 2nd plur. | surette | ette sure | 2nd plur. | olette surreet | ette ole surreet | |
| 3rd plur. | surevat | eivät sure | 3rd plur. | ovat surreet | eivät ole surreet | |
| passive | surraan | ei surra | passive | on surtu | ei ole surtu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | surin | en surrut | 1st sing. | olin surrut | en ollut surrut | |
| 2nd sing. | surit | et surrut | 2nd sing. | olit surrut | et ollut surrut | |
| 3rd sing. | suri | ei surrut | 3rd sing. | oli surrut | ei ollut surrut | |
| 1st plur. | surimme | emme surreet | 1st plur. | olimme surreet | emme olleet surreet | |
| 2nd plur. | suritte | ette surreet | 2nd plur. | olitte surreet | ette olleet surreet | |
| 3rd plur. | surivat | eivät surreet | 3rd plur. | olivat surreet | eivät olleet surreet | |
| passive | surtiin | ei surtu | passive | oli surtu | ei ollut surtu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | surisin | en surisi | 1st sing. | olisin surrut | en olisi surrut | |
| 2nd sing. | surisit | et surisi | 2nd sing. | olisit surrut | et olisi surrut | |
| 3rd sing. | surisi | ei surisi | 3rd sing. | olisi surrut | ei olisi surrut | |
| 1st plur. | surisimme | emme surisi | 1st plur. | olisimme surreet | emme olisi surreet | |
| 2nd plur. | surisitte | ette surisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte surreet | ette olisi surreet | |
| 3rd plur. | surisivat | eivät surisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat surreet | eivät olisi surreet | |
| passive | surtaisiin | ei surtaisi | passive | olisi surtu | ei olisi surtu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | sure | älä sure | 2nd sing. | ole surrut | älä ole surrut | |
| 3rd sing. | surkoon | älköön surko | 3rd sing. | olkoon surrut | älköön olko surrut | |
| 1st plur. | surkaamme | älkäämme surko | 1st plur. | olkaamme surreet | älkäämme olko surreet | |
| 2nd plur. | surkaa | älkää surko | 2nd plur. | olkaa surreet | älkää olko surreet | |
| 3rd plur. | surkoot | älkööt surko | 3rd plur. | olkoot surreet | älkööt olko surreet | |
| passive | surtakoon | älköön surtako | passive | olkoon surtu | älköön olko surtu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | surren | en surre | 1st sing. | lienen surrut | en liene surrut | |
| 2nd sing. | surret | et surre | 2nd sing. | lienet surrut | et liene surrut | |
| 3rd sing. | surree | ei surre | 3rd sing. | lienee surrut | ei liene surrut | |
| 1st plur. | surremme | emme surre | 1st plur. | lienemme surreet | emme liene surreet | |
| 2nd plur. | surrette | ette surre | 2nd plur. | lienette surreet | ette liene surreet | |
| 3rd plur. | surrevat | eivät surre | 3rd plur. | lienevät surreet | eivät liene surreet | |
| passive | surtaneen | ei surtane | passive | lienee surtu | ei liene surtu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | surra | present | sureva | surtava | ||
| long 1st2 | surrakseen | past | surrut | surtu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | surressa | surtaessa | agent1, 3 | surema | |
| instructive | surren | — | negative | surematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | suremassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | suremasta | — | ||||
| illative | suremaan | — | ||||
| adessive | suremalla | — | ||||
| abessive | surematta | — | ||||
| instructive | sureman | surtaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | sureminen | ||||
| partitive | suremista | |||||
| 5th2 | suremaisillaan | |||||
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Portuguese
Verb
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