rikaš

Karelian

Regional variants of rikaš
North Karelian
(Viena) 		rikaš
South Karelian
(Tver) 		rikaš

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rik'as. Cognates include Finnish rikas and Estonian rikas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrikɑʃ/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧kaš

Adjective

rikaš (genitive rikkahan, partitive rikašta, comparative rikkahampi / rikkahambi, superlative rikkahin)

  1. wealthy, rich

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of rikaš (type 18/vieraš, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative rikaš rikkahat
genitive rikkahan rikkahien
partitive rikašta rikkahie
illative rikkahah rikkahih
inessive rikkahašša rikkahissa
elative rikkahašta rikkahista
adessive rikkahalla rikkahilla
ablative rikkahalta rikkahilta
translative rikkahakši rikkahiksi
essive rikkahana rikkahina
comitative — rikkahineh
abessive rikkahatta rikkahitta
Tver Karelian declension of rikaš (type 18/vieraš, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative rikaš rikkahat
genitive rikkahan rikkahien
partitive rikašta rikkahie
illative rikkahah rikkahih
inessive rikkahašša rikkahissa
elative rikkahašta rikkahista
adessive rikkahalla rikkahilla
ablative rikkahalda rikkahilda
translative rikkahakši rikkahiksi
essive rikkahana rikkahina
comitative rikkahanke rikkahinke
abessive rikkahatta rikkahitta
Possessive forms of rikaš
1st person rikkahani
2nd person rikkahaš
3rd person rikkahah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

References

  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “rikas”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “rikas”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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