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

References
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