Probably borrowed from Swedish rosk (“filth, garbage”). First mention in a Finnish dictionary was in 1787.
roska
Inflection of roska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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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 roskainrare | ||
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. |
roska
Declension of roska (type 3/koira, k- gradation) | ||
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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. |
roska f inan