Estonian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrysɑ/, [ˈrysɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ysɑ
  • Hyphenation: rü‧sa

Etymology 1

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Ultimately from Middle Low German rǖse. Cognate with Finnish rysä and Ingrian rysä.

Noun

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rüsa (genitive rüsa, partitive rüsa)

  1. (fishing) fyke, fyke-net
    Synonym: võrkmõrd
Declension
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Declension of rüsa (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative rüsa rüsad
accusative nom.
gen. rüsa
genitive rüsade
partitive rüsa rüsasid
illative rüssa
rüsasse
rüsadesse
inessive rüsas rüsades
elative rüsast rüsadest
allative rüsale rüsadele
adessive rüsal rüsadel
ablative rüsalt rüsadelt
translative rüsaks rüsadeks
terminative rüsani rüsadeni
essive rüsana rüsadena
abessive rüsata rüsadeta
comitative rüsaga rüsadega
Compounds
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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rüsa (genitive rüsa, partitive rüsa)

  1. (informal) wreck, jalopy (old dilapidated car)
    Synonyms: romu, loks, küna, parsa, sara
Declension
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Declension of rüsa (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative rüsa rüsad
accusative nom.
gen. rüsa
genitive rüsade
partitive rüsa rüsasid
illative rüssa
rüsasse
rüsadesse
inessive rüsas rüsades
elative rüsast rüsadest
allative rüsale rüsadele
adessive rüsal rüsadel
ablative rüsalt rüsadelt
translative rüsaks rüsadeks
terminative rüsani rüsadeni
essive rüsana rüsadena
abessive rüsata rüsadeta
comitative rüsaga rüsadega

References

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  • rüsa in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • rüsa”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009