kerska
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a blend of kehu + korska.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkerskɑ/, [ˈk̟e̞rs̠kɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -erskɑ
- Syllabification(key): kers‧ka
- Hyphenation(key): kers‧ka
Noun
[edit]kerska
- (formal) praise, boasting
- (informal) synonym of kerskailija
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of kerska (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kerska | kerskat | |
| genitive | kerskan | kerskojen | |
| partitive | kerskaa | kerskoja | |
| illative | kerskaan | kerskoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kerska | kerskat | |
| accusative | nom. | kerska | kerskat |
| gen. | kerskan | ||
| genitive | kerskan | kerskojen kerskain rare | |
| partitive | kerskaa | kerskoja | |
| inessive | kerskassa | kerskoissa | |
| elative | kerskasta | kerskoista | |
| illative | kerskaan | kerskoihin | |
| adessive | kerskalla | kerskoilla | |
| ablative | kerskalta | kerskoilta | |
| allative | kerskalle | kerskoille | |
| essive | kerskana | kerskoina | |
| translative | kerskaksi | kerskoiksi | |
| abessive | kerskatta | kerskoitta | |
| instructive | — | kerskoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kerska”, 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 2 July 2023