hauska
Finnish
Etymology
The 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-.
Adjective
hauska (comparative hauskempi, superlative hauskin)
- pleasant
- merry
- fun, in the idiomatic expression pitää hauskaa.
Declension
Inflection 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 hauskainrare | |
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 | |
instructive | — | hauskoin | |
abessive | hauskatta | hauskoitta | |
comitative | — | hauskoine |
Derived terms
- hauskannäköinen
- hauskanpito
See also
- hassu
Anagrams
- hakaus