nuuska

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish snus (“snuff tobacco”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnuːskɑ/, [ˈnuːs̠kɑ]
  • Hyphenation: nuus‧ka
  • Rhymes: -uːskɑ

Noun

nuuska

  1. snuff (tobacco), snus
  2. (idiomatic) splinters, wreck; together with the adverb tuusan as fortifier used in two expressions:
    olla tuusan nuuskana
    to be totally wrecked
    mennä tuusan nuuskaksi
    to become totally wrecked

Declension
Inflection of nuuska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative nuuska nuuskat
genitive nuuskan nuuskien
partitive nuuskaa nuuskia
illative nuuskaan nuuskiin
singular plural
nominative nuuska nuuskat
accusative nom. nuuska nuuskat
gen. nuuskan
genitive nuuskan nuuskien
nuuskainrare
partitive nuuskaa nuuskia
inessive nuuskassa nuuskissa
elative nuuskasta nuuskista
illative nuuskaan nuuskiin
adessive nuuskalla nuuskilla
ablative nuuskalta nuuskilta
allative nuuskalle nuuskille
essive nuuskana nuuskina
translative nuuskaksi nuuskiksi
instructive — nuuskin
abessive nuuskatta nuuskitta
comitative — nuuskineen

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