-kas

See also kas, kaş, and kas-

Finnish

Suffix

-kas -käs

1. -y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many, but not all, nouns into adjectives that indicate abundant presence of the thing expressed by the noun. When the suffix is added to the noun, the stem changes in a rather unpredictable manner.

• kukka → kukikas = flower → flower-patterned
• raha → rahakas = money → lucrative
• taito → taidokas = skill → skilful
• voima → voimakas = power → powerful
• ääni → äänekäs = noise → noisy
• hartia → harteikas/hartiakas = shoulder → broad-shouldered