/ˈroskɑ/, [ˈro̞s̠kɑ̝]
AlkuperäProbably borrowed from Swedish rosk (“filth, garbage”). First mention in a Finnish dictionary was in 1787.
- collective, in-plural, oftenlitter, trash, rubbish, refuse
“Voisitko viedä roskat?” — Could you take out the trash?
“Heitä vain roskiin.” — Just toss it in the trash.
- a piece of litter
- figurativelyrubbish, trash (worthless artistic, literary, or musical material or similar)
“Tuo peli on täyttä roskaa.” — That game is complete rubbish.
Muodotroska(nominative, singular) · roskat(nominative, plural) · roska(accusative, nominative, singular) · roskat(accusative, nominative, plural) · roskan(accusative, genitive, singular) · roskat(accusative, genitive, plural) · roskan(genitive, singular) · roskien(genitive, plural) · roskain(genitive, plural, rare) · roskaa(partitive, singular) · roskia(partitive, plural) · roskassa(inessive, singular) · roskissa(inessive, plural) · roskasta(elative, singular) · roskista(elative, plural) · roskaan(illative, singular) · roskiin(illative, plural) · roskalla(adessive, singular) · roskilla(adessive, plural) · roskalta(ablative, singular)