raivoissaan
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The inessive plural of raivo (raivoissa) with a possessive suffix.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈrɑi̯ʋoi̯sːɑːn/, [ˈrɑ̝i̯ʋo̞i̯s̠ːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -ɑiʋoisːɑːn
- Hyphenation(key): rai‧vois‧saan
Adverb
[edit]raivoissaan
- furious, raging, very angry [with elative ‘about’]; apoplectic
- Olin hyvin raivoissani siitä.
- I was furious about it.
Usage notes
[edit]This adverb can be used predicatively with olla (“to be”); it can be used as an adjective in other positions (such as attributively) by using oleva.
Inflection
[edit]→○ | illative | raivoihinsa |
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○ | inessive | raivoissaan |
○→ | elative | – |
Personal/possessive forms of raivoissaan | ||
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no possessor | — | |
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | raivoissani | raivoissamme |
2nd person | raivoissasi | raivoissanne |
3rd person | raivoissaan raivoissansa |
Further reading
[edit]- “raivoissaan”, 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