ruškie

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Karelian

Regional variants of ruškie
North Karelian
(Viena)
ruškie
South Karelian
(Tver)
ruškie

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ruskëda. Cognates include Finnish ruskea and Veps rusked.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈruʃkie̯/
  • Hyphenation: ruš‧kie

Adjective

ruškie (genitive ruškien, partitive ruškietaruškieda)

  1. red
  2. ruddy
  3. redhaired

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of ruškie (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ruškie ruškiet
genitive ruškien ruškeijen
partitive ruškieta ruškeita
illative ruškieh ruškeih
inessive ruškiešša ruškeissa
elative ruškiešta ruškeista
adessive ruškiella ruškeilla
ablative ruškielta ruškeilta
translative ruškiekši ruškeiksi
essive ruškiena ruškeina
comitative ruškeineh
abessive ruškietta ruškeitta
Tver Karelian declension of ruškie (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ruškie ruškiet
genitive ruškien ruškein
partitive ruškieda ruškeida
illative ruškieh ruškeih
inessive ruškiešša ruškeissa
elative ruškiešta ruškeista
adessive ruškiella ruškeilla
ablative ruškielda ruškeilda
translative ruškiekši ruškeiksi
essive ruškiena ruškeina
comitative ruškienke ruškeinke
abessive ruškietta ruškeitta
Possessive forms of ruškie
1st person ruškieni
2nd person ruškieš
3rd person ruškieh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “ruškie”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “ruskie”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “ruskie”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN