piru

See also: pìrú

Finnish

(index pi)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpiru]
  • Rhymes: -iru
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ru

Noun

piru

  1. the Devil (Satan).
  2. a devil.

Declension

Inflection of piru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative piru pirut
genitive pirun pirujen
partitive pirua piruja
illative piruun piruihin
singular plural
nominative piru pirut
accusative nom. piru pirut
gen. pirun
genitive pirun pirujen
partitive pirua piruja
inessive pirussa piruissa
elative pirusta piruista
illative piruun piruihin
adessive pirulla piruilla
ablative pirulta piruilta
allative pirulle piruille
essive piruna piruina
translative piruksi piruiksi
instructive — piruin
abessive pirutta piruitta
comitative — piruineen

Synonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

piru

  1. (vulgar) An intensifier; used in genitive singular form (pirun).
    Se oli pirun hyvää (it was damn good)

Usage notes

Piru is used in the expletive Piru vie!, literally "Devil, take!" but which has a very similar area of usage as hitto. Also Piru vieköön tän autonromun!, "May the Devil take this wreck of a car!"

See also

  • pikkupiru
  • pääperkele

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

piru

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ピル

Karelian

Noun

piru

  1. devil

Mapudungun

Noun

piru (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. worm
  2. A insect larva.
  3. maggot

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
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