hauska

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Etymology

The word possibly originally meant "wasteful, diminishing, useless" (in which case, compare hupa for semantic shift), in which case it might be related to haaska and derived from haja-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hauska (comparative hauskempi, superlative hauskin)

  1. pleasant, nice, merry, fun, enjoyable
    pitää hauskaato have fun
  2. funny, amusing
    Synonyms: hupaisa, huvittava

Declension

Inflection of hauska (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative hauska hauskat
genitive hauskan hauskojen
partitive hauskaa hauskoja
illative hauskaan hauskoihin
singular plural
nominative hauska hauskat
accusative nom. hauska hauskat
gen. hauskan
genitive hauskan hauskojen
hauskain rare
partitive hauskaa hauskoja
inessive hauskassa hauskoissa
elative hauskasta hauskoista
illative hauskaan hauskoihin
adessive hauskalla hauskoilla
ablative hauskalta hauskoilta
allative hauskalle hauskoille
essive hauskana hauskoina
translative hauskaksi hauskoiksi
abessive hauskatta hauskoitta
instructive hauskoin
comitative hauskoine
Possessive forms of hauska (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hauskani hauskani
accusative nom. hauskani hauskani
gen. hauskani
genitive hauskani hauskojeni
hauskaini rare
partitive hauskaani hauskojani
inessive hauskassani hauskoissani
elative hauskastani hauskoistani
illative hauskaani hauskoihini
adessive hauskallani hauskoillani
ablative hauskaltani hauskoiltani
allative hauskalleni hauskoilleni
essive hauskanani hauskoinani
translative hauskakseni hauskoikseni
abessive hauskattani hauskoittani
instructive
comitative hauskoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative hauskasi hauskasi
accusative nom. hauskasi hauskasi
gen. hauskasi
genitive hauskasi hauskojesi
hauskaisi rare
partitive hauskaasi hauskojasi
inessive hauskassasi hauskoissasi
elative hauskastasi hauskoistasi
illative hauskaasi hauskoihisi
adessive hauskallasi hauskoillasi
ablative hauskaltasi hauskoiltasi
allative hauskallesi hauskoillesi
essive hauskanasi hauskoinasi
translative hauskaksesi hauskoiksesi
abessive hauskattasi hauskoittasi
instructive
comitative hauskoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hauskamme hauskamme
accusative nom. hauskamme hauskamme
gen. hauskamme
genitive hauskamme hauskojemme
hauskaimme rare
partitive hauskaamme hauskojamme
inessive hauskassamme hauskoissamme
elative hauskastamme hauskoistamme
illative hauskaamme hauskoihimme
adessive hauskallamme hauskoillamme
ablative hauskaltamme hauskoiltamme
allative hauskallemme hauskoillemme
essive hauskanamme hauskoinamme
translative hauskaksemme hauskoiksemme
abessive hauskattamme hauskoittamme
instructive
comitative hauskoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative hauskanne hauskanne
accusative nom. hauskanne hauskanne
gen. hauskanne
genitive hauskanne hauskojenne
hauskainne rare
partitive hauskaanne hauskojanne
inessive hauskassanne hauskoissanne
elative hauskastanne hauskoistanne
illative hauskaanne hauskoihinne
adessive hauskallanne hauskoillanne
ablative hauskaltanne hauskoiltanne
allative hauskallenne hauskoillenne
essive hauskananne hauskoinanne
translative hauskaksenne hauskoiksenne
abessive hauskattanne hauskoittanne
instructive
comitative hauskoinenne

Derived terms

compounds

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