-ska

See also: ska, SKA, and skA

Finnish

Etymology 1

Probably -s +‎ -(k)ka.

Suffix

-ska (front vowel harmony variant -skä)

  1. Forms diminutive nouns.
Derived terms
Finnish terms suffixed with -ska (diminutive)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swedish -ska, as used in older Swedish as a suffix used to derive feminine nouns (such as sångare → sångerska, major → majorska).

Suffix

-ska (front vowel harmony variant -skä)

  1. (colloquial, archaic, now humoristic) Used to transform husband's family name or title to a term for addressing or speaking of a married woman. Used especially with family names ending with -nen and titles ending -ri.
    ‎Virtanen + ‎-ska → ‎Virtaska
    ‎pastori + ‎-ska → ‎pastorska
    ‎kamreeri + ‎-ska → ‎kamreerska

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

Suffix

-ska f

  1. used to form the names of countries and regions

Derived terms
Lower Sorbian terms suffixed with -ska

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ska/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ska

Suffix

-ska

  1. feminine nominative singular of -ski
  2. forms surnames
  3. forms adjectives

Declension
Declension of -ska
case singular plural
masculine personal/animate masculine inanimate neuter feminine virile nonvirile
nominative, vocative -ski -skie -ska -scy -skie
genitive -skiego -skiej -skich
dative -skiemu -skim
accusative -skiego -ski -skie -ską -skich -skie
instrumental -skim -skimi
locative -skiej -skich
old dative -sku

Derived terms
Polish terms suffixed with -ska

Further reading
  • -ska in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • -ska in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ska/

Adjective

-ska

  1. feminine nominative singular of -sky

Swedish

Etymology

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

Suffix

-ska f

  1. Signifies a female (particularly after professions and nationalities).

Usage notes

In older practice, -ska added to a husband's title formed a title for his wife. For example, the wife of a captain (kapten) would be a kaptenska. This practice gradually began dying out around the 1950s. See the article on du-reformen on Wikipedia.

Derived terms
Swedish terms suffixed with -ska

See also
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