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usko

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See also: Usko, uško, and uskõ

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *usko, equivalent to uskoa (to believe, have faith) + -o

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈusko/, [ˈus̠ko̞]
  • Rhymes: -usko
  • Syllabification(key): us‧ko
  • Hyphenation(key): us‧ko

Noun

usko

  1. faith (religious belief system)
    Ei kulttuuria tai sivilisaatiota ilman uskoa jumaliin.
    No culture or civilization without faith in gods.
    Oletko uskossa?
    Are you religious?
    (literally, “Are you in faith?”)
  2. faith (obligation of fidelity)
  3. belief, faith (feeling that something is true; confidence in the intentions or abilities)
    Synonyms: uskomus, luottamus
  4. faith (confidence in the intentions or abilities)
    Synonym: luottamus
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuskoˣ/, [ˈus̠ko̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -usko
  • Syllabification(key): us‧ko
  • Hyphenation(key): us‧ko

Verb

usko

  1. inflection of uskoa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative
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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *usko, equivalent to uskoa (to believe) + -o. Cognates include Finnish usko and Estonian usk.

Pronunciation

Noun

usko

  1. faith

Declension

More information Declension of (type 4/koivu, k- gradation), singular ...

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790), “уско”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 675
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 626
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Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

usko (Cyrillic spelling уско)

  1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of uzak

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *usko, equivalent to uskoa (to believe) + -o. Cognate with Estonian usk, Finnish and Ingrian usko.

Pronunciation

Noun

usko

  1. belief, faith

Inflection

More information Declension of (type II/võrkko, sk-zg gradation), singular ...

References

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