hauska
Finnish
editEtymology
editThe word possibly originally meant "wasteful, diminishing, useless" (in which case, compare hupa for semantic shift), in which case it might be related to haaska and derived from haja-.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edithauska (comparative hauskempi, superlative hauskin)
Declension
editInflection of hauska (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hauska | hauskat | |
genitive | hauskan | hauskojen | |
partitive | hauskaa | hauskoja | |
illative | hauskaan | hauskoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hauska | hauskat | |
accusative | nom. | hauska | hauskat |
gen. | hauskan | ||
genitive | hauskan | hauskojen hauskain rare | |
partitive | hauskaa | hauskoja | |
inessive | hauskassa | hauskoissa | |
elative | hauskasta | hauskoista | |
illative | hauskaan | hauskoihin | |
adessive | hauskalla | hauskoilla | |
ablative | hauskalta | hauskoilta | |
allative | hauskalle | hauskoille | |
essive | hauskana | hauskoina | |
translative | hauskaksi | hauskoiksi | |
abessive | hauskatta | hauskoitta | |
instructive | — | hauskoin | |
comitative | — | hauskoine |
Derived terms
editcompounds
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “hauska”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02