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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kurja.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kurjõ

  1. bad, poor

Inflection

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Declension of kurjõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kurjõ kurjõd
genitive kurja kurjijõ, kurjii
partitive kurja kurjiitõ, kurjii
illative kurjasõ, kurja kurjiisõ
inessive kurjõz kurjiiz
elative kurjõssõ kurjiissõ
allative kurjõlõ kurjiilõ
adessive kurjõllõ kurjiillõ
ablative kurjõltõ kurjiiltõ
translative kurjõssi kurjiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kurja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn