tuska

Finnish

(index tu)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic тъска (tŭska) (compare Russian тоска́ (toská, “melancholy”)). Akin to Ludian tusk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuskɑ/, [ˈt̪us̠kɑ]
• Rhymes: -uskɑ
• Syllabification: tus‧ka

Noun

tuska

1. pain, distress, agony, suffering.

Declension

Inflection of tuska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		tuska	tuskat
genitive		tuskan	tuskien
partitive		tuskaa	tuskia
illative		tuskaan	tuskiin
		singular	plural
nominative		tuska	tuskat
accusative	nom.	tuska	tuskat
	gen.	tuskan
genitive		tuskan	tuskien tuskainrare
partitive		tuskaa	tuskia
inessive		tuskassa	tuskissa
elative		tuskasta	tuskista
illative		tuskaan	tuskiin
adessive		tuskalla	tuskilla
ablative		tuskalta	tuskilta
allative		tuskalle	tuskille
essive		tuskana	tuskina
translative		tuskaksi	tuskiksi
instructive		—	tuskin
abessive		tuskatta	tuskitta
comitative		—	tuskineen

Possessive forms of tuska (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	tuskani	tuskamme
2nd person	tuskasi	tuskanne
3rd person	tuskansa

Derived terms

Derived terms

• adjectives: tuskaisa, tuskallinen
• adverbs: tuskin
• olla tuskan takana = to be a real bear (= problem very difficult to solve)
• olla tuskissaan = to be in torment, to be in pain

• saada aikaan tuskalla ja työllä = to do (sth) with great effort
• tuntea suurta tuskaa = to eat one's heart out
• verbs: tuskaantua, tuskailla, tuskastua

Compounds

• tuskanhiki
• tuskanhuuto

See also

• kipu

Anagrams

• kastu, kusta, sakut, satku, sukat, tasku

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰʏska/
• Rhymes: -ʏska

Noun

tuska f (genitive singular tusku, nominative plural tuskur)

1. rag, cloth

   Synonyms: pjatla, rýja, leppur, dula

2. rags, tattered clothes

Declension

declension of tuska

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tuska	tuskan	tuskur	tuskurnar
accusative	tusku	tuskuna	tuskur	tuskurnar
dative	tusku	tuskunni	tuskum	tuskunum
genitive	tusku	tuskunnar	tuskna	tusknanna

Derived terms

• tuskudúkka (“rag doll”)
• tuskulegur (“ragged; feeble”)

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Ingrian

Noun

tuska

1. pain

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Karelian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish tuska

Noun

tuska

1. pain