ruuhka

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *hrugǭ, compare modern Swedish råge (more than full measure), perhaps originally meaning "heap".

Noun

ruuhka

  1. Congestion, lots of traffic, (paha ruuhka) traffic jam.
    Olen ruuhkassa.
    There's lots of traffic here. / I'm stuck in traffic.
  2. A jam, logjam, blockage.
  3. A backlog.

Declension

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
instructive ruuhkin
abessive ruuhkatta ruuhkitta
comitative ruuhkineen

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