rohkea
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *rohkëda (compare Estonian rohke, Ingrian rohkia, Karelian rohkei, Veps rohked), from earlier *rošketa, possibly borrowed from a Germanic language (compare Proto-Germanic *raskuz, Old Norse rǫskr), or alternatively from the same root as rohtia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈrohkeɑ/, [ˈro̞xk̟e̞ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ohkeɑ
- Syllabification(key): roh‧ke‧a
- Hyphenation(key): roh‧kea
Adjective
[edit]rohkea (comparative rohkeampi, superlative rohkein)
- brave, courageous, valiant
- bold, daring, audacious
- mildly erotic, racy, risqué
- (of an outfit) revealing, racy
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of rohkea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rohkea | rohkeat | |
| genitive | rohkean | rohkeiden rohkeitten | |
| partitive | rohkeaa rohkeata |
rohkeita | |
| illative | rohkeaan | rohkeisiin rohkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rohkea | rohkeat | |
| accusative | nom. | rohkea | rohkeat |
| gen. | rohkean | ||
| genitive | rohkean | rohkeiden rohkeitten rohkeain rare | |
| partitive | rohkeaa rohkeata |
rohkeita | |
| inessive | rohkeassa | rohkeissa | |
| elative | rohkeasta | rohkeista | |
| illative | rohkeaan | rohkeisiin rohkeihin | |
| adessive | rohkealla | rohkeilla | |
| ablative | rohkealta | rohkeilta | |
| allative | rohkealle | rohkeille | |
| essive | rohkeana | rohkeina | |
| translative | rohkeaksi | rohkeiksi | |
| abessive | rohkeatta | rohkeitta | |
| instructive | — | rohkein | |
| comitative | — | rohkeine | |
Synonyms
[edit]- (courageous): urhea
- (bold): uskalias
- (revealing): paljastava
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “rohkea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023