roska

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Finnish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Swedish rosk (“filth, garbage”). First mention in a Finnish dictionary was in 1787.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

roska

  1. (collective, often in the plural) litter, trash, rubbish, refuse
    Voisitko viedä roskat?
    Could you take out the trash?
    Heitä vain roskiin.
    Just toss it in the trash.
  2. a piece of litter
  3. (figurative) rubbish, trash (worthless artistic, literary, or musical material or similar)
    Tuo peli on täyttä roskaa.
    That game is complete rubbish.

Declension

Inflection of roska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative roska roskat
genitive roskan roskien
partitive roskaa roskia
illative roskaan roskiin
singular plural
nominative roska roskat
accusative nom. roska roskat
gen. roskan
genitive roskan roskien
roskain rare
partitive roskaa roskia
inessive roskassa roskissa
elative roskasta roskista
illative roskaan roskiin
adessive roskalla roskilla
ablative roskalta roskilta
allative roskalle roskille
essive roskana roskina
translative roskaksi roskiksi
abessive roskatta roskitta
instructive — roskin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of roska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative roskani roskani
accusative nom. roskani roskani
gen. roskani
genitive roskani roskieni
roskaini rare
partitive roskaani roskiani
inessive roskassani roskissani
elative roskastani roskistani
illative roskaani roskiini
adessive roskallani roskillani
ablative roskaltani roskiltani
allative roskalleni roskilleni
essive roskanani roskinani
translative roskakseni roskikseni
abessive roskattani roskittani
instructive — —
comitative — roskineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative roskasi roskasi
accusative nom. roskasi roskasi
gen. roskasi
genitive roskasi roskiesi
roskaisi rare
partitive roskaasi roskiasi
inessive roskassasi roskissasi
elative roskastasi roskistasi
illative roskaasi roskiisi
adessive roskallasi roskillasi
ablative roskaltasi roskiltasi
allative roskallesi roskillesi
essive roskanasi roskinasi
translative roskaksesi roskiksesi
abessive roskattasi roskittasi
instructive — —
comitative — roskinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative roskamme roskamme
accusative nom. roskamme roskamme
gen. roskamme
genitive roskamme roskiemme
roskaimme rare
partitive roskaamme roskiamme
inessive roskassamme roskissamme
elative roskastamme roskistamme
illative roskaamme roskiimme
adessive roskallamme roskillamme
ablative roskaltamme roskiltamme
allative roskallemme roskillemme
essive roskanamme roskinamme
translative roskaksemme roskiksemme
abessive roskattamme roskittamme
instructive — —
comitative — roskinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative roskanne roskanne
accusative nom. roskanne roskanne
gen. roskanne
genitive roskanne roskienne
roskainne rare
partitive roskaanne roskianne
inessive roskassanne roskissanne
elative roskastanne roskistanne
illative roskaanne roskiinne
adessive roskallanne roskillanne
ablative roskaltanne roskiltanne
allative roskallenne roskillenne
essive roskananne roskinanne
translative roskaksenne roskiksenne
abessive roskattanne roskittanne
instructive — —
comitative — roskinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative roskansa roskansa
accusative nom. roskansa roskansa
gen. roskansa
genitive roskansa roskiensa
roskainsa rare
partitive roskaansa roskiaan
roskiansa
inessive roskassaan
roskassansa 		roskissaan
roskissansa
elative roskastaan
roskastansa 		roskistaan
roskistansa
illative roskaansa roskiinsa
adessive roskallaan
roskallansa 		roskillaan
roskillansa
ablative roskaltaan
roskaltansa 		roskiltaan
roskiltansa
allative roskalleen
roskallensa 		roskilleen
roskillensa
essive roskanaan
roskanansa 		roskinaan
roskinansa
translative roskakseen
roskaksensa 		roskikseen
roskiksensa
abessive roskattaan
roskattansa 		roskittaan
roskittansa
instructive — —
comitative — roskineen
roskinensa

Synonyms

Derived terms

compounds

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: roska

References

  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish roska.

Pronunciation

Noun

roska

  1. litter, waste
  2. sprout of a cultivated plant

Declension

Declension of roska (type 3/koira, k- gradation)
singular plural
nominative roska rosat
genitive rosan roskiin
partitive roskaa roskia
illative roskaa roskii
inessive rosas rosis
elative rosast rosist
allative rosalle rosille
adessive rosal rosil
ablative rosalt rosilt
translative rosaks rosiks
essive roskanna, roskaan roskinna, roskiin
exessive1) roskant roskint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 486

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

rosa +‎ -ka

Pronunciation

Noun

roska f

  1. diminutive of rosa

Declension

Declension of roska
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative roska rosce roski
Genitive roski roskowu roskow
Dative rosce roskoma roskam
Accusative rosku rosce roski
Instrumental rosku roskoma roskami
Locative rosce roskoma roskach
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