veruke
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Finnish explorer, historian and author Carl Axel Gottlund in 1828 into the standard language from the Savonian dialects. Unknown root veru- + -ke, possibly from a variant of vero (compare veroinen).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]veruke
- pretext, pretense (false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason)
- excuse (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of veruke (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | veruke | verukkeet | |
genitive | verukkeen | verukkeiden verukkeitten | |
partitive | veruketta | verukkeita | |
illative | verukkeeseen | verukkeisiin verukkeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | veruke | verukkeet | |
accusative | nom. | veruke | verukkeet |
gen. | verukkeen | ||
genitive | verukkeen | verukkeiden verukkeitten | |
partitive | veruketta | verukkeita | |
inessive | verukkeessa | verukkeissa | |
elative | verukkeesta | verukkeista | |
illative | verukkeeseen | verukkeisiin verukkeihin | |
adessive | verukkeella | verukkeilla | |
ablative | verukkeelta | verukkeilta | |
allative | verukkeelle | verukkeille | |
essive | verukkeena | verukkeina | |
translative | verukkeeksi | verukkeiksi | |
abessive | verukkeetta | verukkeitta | |
instructive | — | verukkein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (pretext): tekosyy
Further reading
[edit]- “veruke”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04