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

• ruskettaa
• rusko
• Rusko
• ruskulain

 

References

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