From Proto-Finnic *ruhka, *ruuhka, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hrūgǭ (compare modern Swedish råge (“more than full measure”)), perhaps originally meaning "heap".
ruuhka
| Inflection of ruuhka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ruuhka | ruuhkat | ||
| genitive | ruuhkan | ruuhkien | ||
| partitive | ruuhkaa | ruuhkia | ||
| illative | ruuhkaan | ruuhkiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | ruuhka | ruuhkat | ||
| accusative | nom. | ruuhka | ruuhkat | |
| gen. | ruuhkan | |||
| genitive | ruuhkan | ruuhkien ruuhkainrare | ||
| partitive | ruuhkaa | ruuhkia | ||
| inessive | ruuhkassa | ruuhkissa | ||
| elative | ruuhkasta | ruuhkista | ||
| illative | ruuhkaan | ruuhkiin | ||
| adessive | ruuhkalla | ruuhkilla | ||
| ablative | ruuhkalta | ruuhkilta | ||
| allative | ruuhkalle | ruuhkille | ||
| essive | ruuhkana | ruuhkina | ||
| translative | ruuhkaksi | ruuhkiksi | ||
| abessive | ruuhkatta | ruuhkitta | ||
| instructive | — | ruuhkin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||