turha
Finnish
Etymology
Unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈturɦɑ]
- Rhymes: -urhɑ
- Hyphenation: tur‧ha
Adjective
turha (comparative turhempi, superlative turhin)
- useless, unnecessary
- futile
- pointless
- Hän aloitti kantansa perustelun, vaikka tiesikin sen turhaksi.
- He began backing up his opinion, although he knew it was pointless.
- Hän aloitti kantansa perustelun, vaikka tiesikin sen turhaksi.
Declension
| Inflection of turha (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | turha | turhat | |
| genitive | turhan | turhien | |
| partitive | turhaa | turhia | |
| illative | turhaan | turhiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | turha | turhat | |
| accusative | nom. | turha | turhat |
| gen. | turhan | ||
| genitive | turhan | turhien turhainrare | |
| partitive | turhaa | turhia | |
| inessive | turhassa | turhissa | |
| elative | turhasta | turhista | |
| illative | turhaan | turhiin | |
| adessive | turhalla | turhilla | |
| ablative | turhalta | turhilta | |
| allative | turhalle | turhille | |
| essive | turhana | turhina | |
| translative | turhaksi | turhiksi | |
| instructive | — | turhin | |
| abessive | turhatta | turhitta | |
| comitative | — | turhine | |
Derived terms
- turhaan
- turhaantua
- turhake
- turhamainen
- turhanpäiten
- turhanpäiväinen
- turhanpäiväisyys
- turhantarkka
- turhantärkeä
- turhauma
Ingrian
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