inha

See also: Inha and -inha

Finnish

Etymology

From inho (disgust, revulsion, abhorrence).

Adjective

inha

  1. (poetic) bad, wicked, mean
    • 1918, Heikki Klemetti (music), “Vilppulan urhojen muistolle”, lyrics by Heikki Klemetti:
      Se vala on koetettu puhtaana pitää; painettu on päin inhaa itää; kaikki, mi jaksoi kalpaa käyttää; ja pidetään vasta, nyt sekä aina.
      That oath have we tried to keep clean; we have fought against the mean East; everyone who was strong enough to use a sword; and we'll keep it in the future, now and always.
  2. appalling, gross, disgusting
    • 2013, (Please provide the book title or journal name), Helsinki: Iltalehti on Dec. 12, 2013:
      Muista tämä ja vältä inha jouluyllätys (header in an article warning against clogging the toilet bowl by pouring hot fat from roasting ham into it)
      Remember this and avoid an appalling Christmas surprise
    • 1995, Liksom, Rosa, Unohdettu vartti (collection of short stories), Helsinki: WSOY, →ISBN:
      Seitsemännessä kerroksessa oli inha löyhkä (title of a short story)
      There was an appalling smell on the seventh floor

Declension

Inflection of inha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative inha inhat
genitive inhan inhojen
partitive inhaa inhoja
illative inhaan inhoihin
singular plural
nominative inha inhat
accusative nom. inha inhat
gen. inhan
genitive inhan inhojen
inhainrare
partitive inhaa inhoja
inessive inhassa inhoissa
elative inhasta inhoista
illative inhaan inhoihin
adessive inhalla inhoilla
ablative inhalta inhoilta
allative inhalle inhoille
essive inhana inhoina
translative inhaksi inhoiksi
instructive inhoin
abessive inhatta inhoitta
comitative inhoine

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