raihnas
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]raihna + -as, from Proto-Finnic *raina (with rare dialectal variant raina). The origin of the -h- is not entirely clear.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]raihnas (comparative raihnaampi, superlative raihnain)
- (of people) ailing, sickly, weakened by illness and age; dilapidated, wasted, deteriorated, in bad shape
Declension
[edit]Inflection of raihnas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | raihnas | raihnaat | |
genitive | raihnaan | raihnaiden raihnaitten | |
partitive | raihnasta | raihnaita | |
illative | raihnaaseen | raihnaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | raihnas | raihnaat | |
accusative | nom. | raihnas | raihnaat |
gen. | raihnaan | ||
genitive | raihnaan | raihnaiden raihnaitten raihnasten rare | |
partitive | raihnasta | raihnaita | |
inessive | raihnaassa | raihnaissa | |
elative | raihnaasta | raihnaista | |
illative | raihnaaseen | raihnaisiin raihnaihin rare | |
adessive | raihnaalla | raihnailla | |
ablative | raihnaalta | raihnailta | |
allative | raihnaalle | raihnaille | |
essive | raihnaana | raihnaina | |
translative | raihnaaksi | raihnaiksi | |
abessive | raihnaatta | raihnaitta | |
instructive | — | raihnain | |
comitative | — | raihnaine |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “raihnas”, 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