ruuhka
Finnish
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Germanic *hrugǭ, compare modern Swedish råge (“more than full measure”), perhaps originally meaning "heap".
Noun
ruuhka
- Congestion, lots of traffic, (paha ruuhka) traffic jam.
- Olen ruuhkassa.
- There's lots of traffic here. / I'm stuck in traffic.
- Olen ruuhkassa.
- A jam, logjam, blockage.
- 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 | |
Synonyms
- (jam): tukos, ahtauma, suma, tukkeuma
- (traffic jam): liikenneruuhka
Derived terms
- ruuhkainen
- ruuhkauttaa
- ruuhkautua
Compounds
- liikenneruuhka
- ruuhka-aika
- ruuhkabussi
- ruuhkahuippu
- Ruuhka-Suomi
See also
- suma