kurja
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kurja (compare Estonian kuri (“bad, evil”)), of unclear further origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kurja (comparative kurjempi, superlative kurjin)
- poor, miserable, bad, abysmal
- miserable, wretched, pitiful, paltry
- wretched, dastardly, contemptible, ignoble
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kurja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kurja | kurjat | |
genitive | kurjan | kurjien | |
partitive | kurjaa | kurjia | |
illative | kurjaan | kurjiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kurja | kurjat | |
accusative | nom. | kurja | kurjat |
gen. | kurjan | ||
genitive | kurjan | kurjien kurjain rare | |
partitive | kurjaa | kurjia | |
inessive | kurjassa | kurjissa | |
elative | kurjasta | kurjista | |
illative | kurjaan | kurjiin | |
adessive | kurjalla | kurjilla | |
ablative | kurjalta | kurjilta | |
allative | kurjalle | kurjille | |
essive | kurjana | kurjina | |
translative | kurjaksi | kurjiksi | |
abessive | kurjatta | kurjitta | |
instructive | — | kurjin | |
comitative | — | kurjine |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kurja”, 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
Anagrams
[edit]Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kurja. Cognates include Finnish kurja and Estonian kuri.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkurjɑ/, [ˈkuri]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkurjɑ/, [ˈkurjɑ]
- Rhymes: -urj, -urjɑ
- Hyphenation: kur‧ja
Adjective
[edit]kurja (comparative kurjemp)
- bad (of bad quality)
- kurja ilma ― bad weather
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 38:
- No talohukset heil olliit kurjat ja höö tihtii näkkiit nälkää.
- But their businesses were bad and they often faced hunger.
- 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 49:
- Kurja elo hänel ono —
Kaikkia pittää hervitä:- A bad life he has ―
He has to fear everyone:
- A bad life he has ―
Declension
[edit]Declension of kurja (type 3/koira, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kurja | kurjat |
genitive | kurjan | kurjiin |
partitive | kurjaa | kurjia |
illative | kurjaa | kurjii |
inessive | kurjaas | kurjiis |
elative | kurjast | kurjist |
allative | kurjalle | kurjille |
adessive | kurjaal | kurjiil |
ablative | kurjalt | kurjilt |
translative | kurjaks | kurjiks |
essive | kurjanna, kurjaan | kurjinna, kurjiin |
exessive1) | kurjant | kurjint |
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. |
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 222
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