# roosa
## Estonian
### Etymology

From German rosa, from Latin rosa (“rose”).

### Adjective

roosa (genitive roosa, partitive roosat, comparative roosam, superlative kõige roosam)
* pink
* (figurative) rosy (cheerful, optimistic)
* (politics) left-wing (but not fully communist)

#### Declension
### Noun

roosa (genitive roosa, partitive roosat)
* pink
* lesbian

#### Declension
### See also

Colors in Estonian · värvid (layout · text) :
| valge | hall | must |
| punane; karmiinpunane | oranž; pruun | kollane; kreem |
| laimiroheline, kollakasroheline | roheline | mündiroheline; tumeroheline |
| tsüaansinine, rohekassinine; sinakasroheline, siniroheline | taevasinine, taevassinine | sinine |
| lilla, violetne; potisinine, indigosinine | fuksia, magentapunane; lilla, purpurne, purpurpunane | roosa |

### Further reading

* roosa in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish rosa, ultimately from Latin rosa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈroːsɑ/, [ˈro̞ːs̠ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -oːsɑ
* Hyphenation: roo‧sa

### Adjective

roosa
* pink

#### Declension

Possessive forms of roosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
roosani
roosani
accusative
nom.
roosani
roosani
gen.
roosani
genitive
roosani
roosieni roosaini $^{rare}$
partitive
roosaani
roosiani
inessive
roosassani
roosissani
elative
roosastani
roosistani
illative
roosaani
roosiini
adessive
roosallani
roosillani
ablative
roosaltani
roosiltani
allative
roosalleni
roosilleni
essive
roosanani
roosinani
translative
roosakseni
roosikseni
abessive
roosattani
roosittani
instructive
comitative
—roosineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
roosasi
roosasi
accusative
nom.
roosasi
roosasi
gen.
roosasi
genitive
roosasi
roosiesi roosaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
roosaasi
roosiasi
inessive
roosassasi
roosissasi
elative
roosastasi
roosistasi
illative
roosaasi
roosiisi
adessive
roosallasi
roosillasi
ablative
roosaltasi
roosiltasi
allative
roosallesi
roosillesi
essive
roosanasi
roosinasi
translative
roosaksesi
roosiksesi
abessive
roosattasi
roosittasi
instructive
comitative
—roosinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
roosamme
roosamme
accusative
nom.
roosamme
roosamme
gen.
roosamme
genitive
roosamme
roosiemme roosaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
roosaamme
roosiamme
inessive
roosassamme
roosissamme
elative
roosastamme
roosistamme
illative
roosaamme
roosiimme
adessive
roosallamme
roosillamme
ablative
roosaltamme
roosiltamme
allative
roosallemme
roosillemme
essive
roosanamme
roosinamme
translative
roosaksemme
roosiksemme
abessive
roosattamme
roosittamme
instructive
comitative
—roosinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
roosanne
roosanne
accusative
nom.
roosanne
roosanne
gen.
roosanne
genitive
roosanne
roosienne roosainne $^{rare}$
partitive
roosaanne
roosianne
inessive
roosassanne
roosissanne
elative
roosastanne
roosistanne
illative
roosaanne
roosiinne
adessive
roosallanne
roosillanne
ablative
roosaltanne
roosiltanne
allative
roosallenne
roosillenne
essive
roosananne
roosinanne
translative
roosaksenne
roosiksenne
abessive
roosattanne
roosittanne
instructive
comitative
—roosinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
roosansa
roosansa
accusative
nom.
roosansa
roosansa
gen.
roosansa
genitive
roosansa
roosiensa roosainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
roosaansa
roosiaan roosiansa
inessive
roosassaan roosassansa
roosissaan roosissansa
elative
roosastaan roosastansa
roosistaan roosistansa
illative
roosaansa
roosiinsa
adessive
roosallaan roosallansa
roosillaan roosillansa
ablative
roosaltaan roosaltansa
roosiltaan roosiltansa
allative
roosalleen roosallensa
roosilleen roosillensa
essive
roosanaan roosanansa
roosinaan roosinansa
translative
roosakseen roosaksensa
roosikseen roosiksensa
abessive
roosattaan roosattansa
roosittaan roosittansa
instructive
comitative
—roosineen roosinensa :

#### Synonyms

* vaaleanpunainen
* ruusunpunainen
* pinkki ( an anglicism )

#### Derived terms

* roosanvärinen

### Further reading

* “roosa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03