ruska

From a Sami language, compare Northern Sami ruškat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈruskɑ/, [ˈrus̠kɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uskɑ
• Syllabification^(key): rus‧ka

ruska

1. autumn foliage; fall foliage (US); autumn colours (UK) (brightly colored leaves of deciduous trees and other plants that appear in the autumn)

• ruska-aika
• ruskaretki

• “ruska”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• kuras, raksu

• IPA^(key): /ˈrus.ka/

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• Rhymes: -uska
• Syllabification: rus‧ka
• Homophone: Ruska

ruska

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of ruski

ruska c

1. a severed branch with twigs or smaller branches with leaves or needles; a green bough, a green branch

   Doppa en ruska i vatten och slå på elden för att släcka den

   Dip a bough in water and strike the fire to extinguish it

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• lövruska
• pissruska

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1. (often with om) to shake, to jolt (shake (someone/something) violently)
2. (impersonal) to be rainy (or snowy) and bad (of weather)

   Det ruskar

   The weather is bad

3. to mark (a path or the like) with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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• ruska in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ruska in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ruska in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk-engelsk ordbok - Albert Montgomery, 1914

• rauks

From Proto-Finnic *ruskëda.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈruskɑː/, [ˈruskɑ]
• Rhymes: -uskɑː
• Hyphenation: rus‧ka

ruska

1. red-brown, reddish or grayish brown, dark red-brown, sorrel

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• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2nd edition, Tallinn