ruoho
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rooho, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *grōsō- (“grass”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ruoho
- grass (mass noun); blade of grass (individual specimen)
- (slang) grass, marijuana
Declension
| Inflection of ruoho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ruoho | ruohot | ||
| genitive | ruohon | ruohojen | ||
| partitive | ruohoa | ruohoja | ||
| illative | ruohoon | ruohoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | ruoho | ruohot | ||
| accusative | nom. | ruoho | ruohot | |
| gen. | ruohon | |||
| genitive | ruohon | ruohojen | ||
| partitive | ruohoa | ruohoja | ||
| inessive | ruohossa | ruohoissa | ||
| elative | ruohosta | ruohoista | ||
| illative | ruohoon | ruohoihin | ||
| adessive | ruoholla | ruohoilla | ||
| ablative | ruoholta | ruohoilta | ||
| allative | ruoholle | ruohoille | ||
| essive | ruohona | ruohoina | ||
| translative | ruohoksi | ruohoiksi | ||
| abessive | ruohotta | ruohoitta | ||
| instructive | — | ruohoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Synonyms
- (marijuana): marihuana
Derived terms
compounds
- afrikanruohorotta
- ahvenruoho
- ajuruoho
- alppienruohomyyrä
- anisruoho
- balkaninruohomyyrä
- hulluruoho
- iraninruohomyyrä
- jäsenruoho
- jääruohokasvi
- kannusruoho
- karhunruoho
- kilpiruoho
- kirkiruoho
- koiruoho
- kuloruoho
- kuuruoho
- lahnanruoho
- laidunruoho
- linnunruoho
- lituruoho
- maksaruoho
- nuottaruoho
- näkinruoho
- pernaruoho
- purasruoho
- pölkkyruoho
- rairuoho
- rikkaruoho
- ruohohiiru
- ruohokanukka
- ruohokasvi
- ruohokasvillisuus
- ruohokatto
- ruohokenttä
- ruohokorpi
- Ruoholahti
- ruoholaukka
- Ruohomaa
- ruohomatto
- ruohomyyrä
- Ruohomäki
- ruohomätäs
- Ruohoniemi
- ruohonkerääjä
- ruohonkorsi
- ruohonleikkuri
- ruohonvihreä
- ruohorotta
- ruohoselja
- ruohosipuli
- ruohotrimmeri
- ruohotukko
- ruohovarsi
- ruohovartinen
- ruusuruoho
- silmäruoho
- sitruunaruoho
- taskuruoho
- äimäruoho
See also
Further reading
- “ruoho”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
ruoho |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
ruoho |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rooho. Cognates include Finnish ruoho and Veps roho.
Pronunciation
Noun
ruoho (genitive ruohon, partitive ruohuo)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of ruoho (type 1/tyttö, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ruoho | ruohot | |
| genitive | ruohon | ruohojen | |
| partitive | ruohuo | ruohoja | |
| illative | ruohoh | ruoholoih | |
| inessive | ruohošša | ruoholoissa | |
| elative | ruohošta | ruoholoista | |
| adessive | ruoholla | ruoholoilla | |
| ablative | ruoholta | ruoholoilta | |
| translative | ruohokši | ruoholoiksi | |
| essive | ruohona | ruoholoina | |
| comitative | — | ruoholoineh | |
| abessive | ruohotta | ruoholoitta | |
| Tver Karelian declension of ruoho (type 1/tyttö no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ruoho | ruohot | |
| genitive | ruohon | ruoholoin | |
| partitive | ruohuo | ruoholoida | |
| illative | ruohoh | ruoholoih | |
| inessive | ruohošša | ruoholoissa | |
| elative | ruohošta | ruoholoista | |
| adessive | ruoholla | ruoholoilla | |
| ablative | ruoholda | ruoholoilda | |
| translative | ruohokši | ruoholoiksi | |
| essive | ruohona | ruoholoina | |
| comitative | ruohonke | ruoholoinke | |
| abessive | ruohotta | ruoholoitta | |
| Possessive forms of ruoho | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ruohoni | |
| 2nd person | ruohoš | |
| 3rd person | ruohoh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “ruoho”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “ruoho”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN