ruuhka
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *ruhka, *ruuhka, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hrūgǭ (compare modern Swedish råge (“more than full measure”)), perhaps originally meaning "heap".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruuhka
- 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
[edit]Inflection of ruuhka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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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
[edit]compounds
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ruuhka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[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
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