ruuhka
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *ruhka, *ruuhka, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hrūgǭ (compare modern Swedish råge (“more than full measure”)), perhaps originally meaning "heap".
Pronunciation
editNoun
editruuhka
- congestion, lots of traffic, traffic jam
- Olen ruuhkassa.
- There's lots of traffic here. / I'm stuck in traffic.
- jam, logjam, blockage
- backlog (accumulation or buildup)
Declension
editInflection of ruuhka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | ruuhka | ruuhkat | ||
genitive | ruuhkan | ruuhkien | ||
partitive | ruuhkaa | ruuhkia | ||
illative | ruuhkaan | ruuhkiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ruuhka | ruuhkat | ||
accusative | nom. | ruuhka | ruuhkat | |
gen. | ruuhkan | |||
genitive | ruuhkan | ruuhkien ruuhkain rare | ||
partitive | ruuhkaa | ruuhkia | ||
inessive | ruuhkassa | ruuhkissa | ||
elative | ruuhkasta | ruuhkista | ||
illative | ruuhkaan | ruuhkiin | ||
adessive | ruuhkalla | ruuhkilla | ||
ablative | ruuhkalta | ruuhkilta | ||
allative | ruuhkalle | ruuhkille | ||
essive | ruuhkana | ruuhkina | ||
translative | ruuhkaksi | ruuhkiksi | ||
abessive | ruuhkatta | ruuhkitta | ||
instructive | — | ruuhkin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (jam): tukos, ahtauma, suma, tukkeuma
- (traffic jam): liikenneruuhka
Derived terms
editcompounds
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “ruuhka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/uːhkɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/uːhkɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish koira-type nominals