Finnish edit

Noun edit

ruosta

  1. elative singular of ruko

Anagrams edit

Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *ruostë.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈruo̯sːta/

Noun edit

ruosta

  1. rust

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, st-stt gradation
Nominative ruosta
Genitive ruostta
Singular Plural
Nominative ruosta ruosttat
Accusative ruostta ruosttaid
Genitive ruostta ruosttaid
Illative rūstii ruosttaide
Locative ruosttas ruosttain
Comitative ruosttain ruosttaiguin
Essive ruostan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ruostan ruostame ruostamet
2nd person ruostat ruostade ruostadet
3rd person ruostas ruostaska ruostaset

Further reading edit

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland