ruskia

Ingrian

Ruskia.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ruskëda. Cognates include Finnish ruskea and Estonian ruske.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈruskiɑ/, [ˈrus̠ke̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈruskiɑ/, [ˈruʃkiɑ]
  • Rhymes: -uskeː, -uskiɑ
  • Hyphenation: rus‧ki‧a

Noun

ruskia

  1. brown

Adjective

ruskia (comparative ruskiamp)

  1. brown
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62:
      Kesäl ono ruskia. Talveel ono harmaa.
      In the summer it's brown. In the winter it's grey.

Declension

Declension of ruskia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ruskia ruskiat
genitive ruskian ruskioin
partitive ruskiaa ruskioja
illative ruskiaa ruskioihe
inessive ruskiaas ruskiois
elative ruskiast ruskioist
allative ruskialle ruskioille
adessive ruskiaal ruskioil
ablative ruskialt ruskioilt
translative ruskiaks ruskioiks
essive ruskianna, ruskiaan ruskioinna, ruskioin
exessive1) ruskiant ruskioint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 492
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