ruska

See also: ruską, Ruska, and Ruską

Finnish

Etymology

From a Sami language, compare Northern Sami ruškat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈruskɑ/, [ˈrus̠kɑ]
  • Rhymes: -uskɑ
  • Syllabification(key): rus‧ka

Noun

ruska

  1. autumn foliage, fall foliage; autumn colours (UK) (brightly colored leaves of deciduous trees and other plants that appear in the autumn)

Declension
Inflection of ruska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative ruska ruskat
genitive ruskan ruskien
partitive ruskaa ruskia
illative ruskaan ruskiin
singular plural
nominative ruska ruskat
accusative nom. ruska ruskat
gen. ruskan
genitive ruskan ruskien
ruskainrare
partitive ruskaa ruskia
inessive ruskassa ruskissa
elative ruskasta ruskista
illative ruskaan ruskiin
adessive ruskalla ruskilla
ablative ruskalta ruskilta
allative ruskalle ruskille
essive ruskana ruskina
translative ruskaksi ruskiksi
instructive — ruskin
abessive ruskatta ruskitta
comitative — ruskineen
Possessive forms of ruska (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person ruskani ruskamme
2nd person ruskasi ruskanne
3rd person ruskansa

Compounds

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrus.ka/
  • Rhymes: -uska
  • Syllabification: rus‧ka
  • Homophone: Ruska

Adjective

ruska

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of ruski

Swedish

Verb

ruska (present ruskar, preterite ruskade, supine ruskat, imperative ruska)

  1. (often with om) to shake, to jolt (shake (someone/something) violently)
  2. (impersonal) to be rainy (or snowy) and bad (of weather)
    Det ruskar
    The weather is bad

Conjugation
Conjugation of ruska (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive ruska ruskas
Supine ruskat ruskats
Imperative ruska —
Imper. plural1 rusken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative ruskar ruskade ruskas ruskades
Ind. plural1 ruska ruskade ruskas ruskades
Subjunctive2 ruske ruskade ruskes ruskades
Participles
Present participle ruskande
Past participle ruskad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Anagrams

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ruskeda.

Pronunciation
  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈruskɑː/, [ˈruskɑ]
  • Rhymes: -uskɑː
  • Hyphenation: rus‧ka

Adjective

ruska

  1. red-brown, reddish or grayish brown, dark red-brown, sorrel

Inflection
Declension of ruska (type VI/valka, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ruska ruskad
genitive ruska ruskõje, ruskõjõ, ruskai
partitive ruskatõ ruskaitõ, ruskai
illative ruska, ruskaasõ ruskõje, ruskõjõ, ruskaisõ
inessive ruskaz ruskaiz
elative ruskassõ ruskaissõ
allative ruskalõ ruskailõ
adessive ruskallõ ruskaillõ
ablative ruskaltõ ruskailtõ
translative ruskassi ruskaissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References
  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2 edition, Tallinn
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