kurja
Finnish
Etymology
Origin uncertain, possibly related to kura (“dirt”) or alternatively from a declined form of Proto-Germanic *kuruz (“heavy”). Compare Estonian kuri (“bad, evil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkurjɑ]
- Rhymes: -urjɑ
- Hyphenation: kur‧ja
Adjective
kurja (comparative kurjempi, superlative kurjin)
- poor
- miserable
- wretched
Declension
| Inflection of kurja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 kurjainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | kurjin | |
| abessive | kurjatta | kurjitta | |
| comitative | — | kurjine | |
Derived terms
- kurjasti
- kurjistua
- kurjuus
Anagrams
- jukra, karju