raukka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *raukka, possibly from *raukëda.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]raukka
- poor thing, wretch (someone or something to be pitied)
- coward, wimp
- wretch (unhappy person)
Usage notes
[edit]- In the sense "poor thing" used often with a name:
- Heka-raukka joutui odottamaan sateessa monta tuntia.
- Poor Heka had to wait in rain for many hours.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of raukka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | raukka | raukat | |
genitive | raukan | raukkojen | |
partitive | raukkaa | raukkoja | |
illative | raukkaan | raukkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | raukka | raukat | |
accusative | nom. | raukka | raukat |
gen. | raukan | ||
genitive | raukan | raukkojen raukkain rare | |
partitive | raukkaa | raukkoja | |
inessive | raukassa | raukoissa | |
elative | raukasta | raukoista | |
illative | raukkaan | raukkoihin | |
adessive | raukalla | raukoilla | |
ablative | raukalta | raukoilta | |
allative | raukalle | raukoille | |
essive | raukkana | raukkoina | |
translative | raukaksi | raukoiksi | |
abessive | raukatta | raukoitta | |
instructive | — | raukoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]- raukkamainen
- raukkis (colloquial)
(compounds):
Further reading
[edit]- “raukka”, 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