raflaava
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Participle + -va of a slang verb raflaa, from Swedish raffla.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]raflaava (comparative raflaavampi, superlative raflaavin) (colloquial)
- showy, bold, flamboyant, racy; that which attracts or is intended to attract attention
Declension
[edit]Inflection of raflaava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | raflaava | raflaavat | |
genitive | raflaavan | raflaavien | |
partitive | raflaavaa | raflaavia | |
illative | raflaavaan | raflaaviin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | raflaava | raflaavat | |
accusative | nom. | raflaava | raflaavat |
gen. | raflaavan | ||
genitive | raflaavan | raflaavien raflaavain rare | |
partitive | raflaavaa | raflaavia | |
inessive | raflaavassa | raflaavissa | |
elative | raflaavasta | raflaavista | |
illative | raflaavaan | raflaaviin | |
adessive | raflaavalla | raflaavilla | |
ablative | raflaavalta | raflaavilta | |
allative | raflaavalle | raflaaville | |
essive | raflaavana | raflaavina | |
translative | raflaavaksi | raflaaviksi | |
abessive | raflaavatta | raflaavitta | |
instructive | — | raflaavin | |
comitative | — | raflaavine |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “raflaava”, 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 2023-07-03