syntipukki

== Finnish == === Etymology === synti (“sin”) +‎ pukki (“buck, male goat”), calque of Swedish syndabock or German Sündenbock. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsyntiˌpukːi/, [ˈs̠yn̪t̪iˌpukːi] Rhymes: -ukːi Syllabification(key): syn‧ti‧puk‧ki Hyphenation(key): synti‧pukki === Noun === syntipukki scapegoat (one held responsible for something negative) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “syntipukki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023