rakas
Finnish
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., cognate with Karelian rakas (“willing, eager, kind, dear”). The traditional etymology Proto-Finno-Ugric *rakka (“near; to approach”) and its comparison to Hungarian rokon (“relative”) is now considered improbable due to missing cognates in closer languages. According to recent research it is considered a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *frakaz (“greedy, lustful”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
rakas (comparative rakkaampi, superlative rakkain or rakkahin)
Declension
Inflection of rakas (Kotus type 41*A/vieras, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | rakas | rakkaat | |
genitive | rakkaan | rakkaiden rakkaitten | |
partitive | rakasta | rakkaita | |
illative | rakkaaseen | rakkaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rakas | rakkaat | |
accusative | nom. | rakas | rakkaat |
gen. | rakkaan | ||
genitive | rakkaan | rakkaiden rakkaitten rakasten rare | |
partitive | rakasta | rakkaita | |
inessive | rakkaassa | rakkaissa | |
elative | rakkaasta | rakkaista | |
illative | rakkaaseen | rakkaisiin rakkaihin rare | |
adessive | rakkaalla | rakkailla | |
ablative | rakkaalta | rakkailta | |
allative | rakkaalle | rakkaille | |
essive | rakkaana | rakkaina | |
translative | rakkaaksi | rakkaiksi | |
abessive | rakkaatta | rakkaitta | |
instructive | — | rakkain | |
comitative | — | rakkaine |
Synonyms
- (dear, beloved, cherished) armas (literary, poetic)
Noun
rakas
- A darling, sweetheart, love.
- rakkaani
- my sweetheart
- rakkaani
Declension
Inflection of rakas (Kotus type 41*A/vieras, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | rakas | rakkaat | ||
genitive | rakkaan | rakkaiden rakkaitten | ||
partitive | rakasta | rakkaita | ||
illative | rakkaaseen | rakkaisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | rakas | rakkaat | ||
accusative | nom. | rakas | rakkaat | |
gen. | rakkaan | |||
genitive | rakkaan | rakkaiden rakkaitten rakasten rare | ||
partitive | rakasta | rakkaita | ||
inessive | rakkaassa | rakkaissa | ||
elative | rakkaasta | rakkaista | ||
illative | rakkaaseen | rakkaisiin rakkaihin rare | ||
adessive | rakkaalla | rakkailla | ||
ablative | rakkaalta | rakkailta | ||
allative | rakkaalle | rakkaille | ||
essive | rakkaana | rakkaina | ||
translative | rakkaaksi | rakkaiksi | ||
abessive | rakkaatta | rakkaitta | ||
instructive | — | rakkain | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
- (a darling, sweetheart, love) kulta, lemmitty, rakastettu, armas
Derived terms
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Anagrams
Swedish
Noun
rakas
Verb
rakas
- (deprecated template usage) passive infinitive of raka
- (deprecated template usage) present passive of raka
Anagrams
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