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From Proto-Finnic *kurja (compare Estonian kuri (bad, evil)), of unclear further origin.

  • IPA(key): /ˈkurjɑ/, [ˈkurjɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -urjɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): kur‧ja

kurja (comparative kurjempi, superlative kurjin)

  1. poor, miserable, bad, abysmal
  2. miserable, wretched, pitiful, paltry
  3. wretched, dastardly, contemptible, ignoble

From Proto-Finnic *kurja. Cognates include Finnish kurja and Estonian kuri.

kurja (comparative kurjemp)

  1. bad (of bad quality)
    kurja ilmabad weather
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 38:

      No talohukset heil olliit kurjat ja höö tihtii näkkiit nälkää.

      But their businesses were bad and they often faced hunger.
    • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 49:

      Kurja elo hänel ono —
      Kaikkia pittää hervitä:

      A bad life he has ―
      He has to fear everyone:
Declension of kurja (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kurja kurjat
genitive kurjan kurjiin
partitive kurjaa kurjia
illative kurjaa kurjii
inessive kurjaas kurjiis
elative kurjast kurjist
allative kurjalle kurjille
adessive kurjaal kurjiil
ablative kurjalt kurjilt
translative kurjaks kurjiks
essive kurjanna, kurjaan kurjinna, kurjiin
exessive1) kurjant kurjint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 222