hiprakka
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Akin to hipreä (“clumsy, sluggish”), hiprassa (= hiprakassa) and maybe hipristellä (“to avoid getting touched due to feeling cold or sore”) (all dialectal). Possibly sound-symbolic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hiprakka (informal)
Usage notes edit
hiprakka describes a stage in between selvinpäin and humala where one has a light buzz and socializing is made easier, but not the point where one begins to get dizzy, slur heavily, vomit and pass out.
Declension edit
Inflection of hiprakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hiprakka | hiprakat | ||
genitive | hiprakan | hiprakoiden hiprakoitten hiprakkojen | ||
partitive | hiprakkaa | hiprakoita hiprakkoja | ||
illative | hiprakkaan | hiprakoihin hiprakkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hiprakka | hiprakat | ||
accusative | nom. | hiprakka | hiprakat | |
gen. | hiprakan | |||
genitive | hiprakan | hiprakoiden hiprakoitten hiprakkojen hiprakkainrare | ||
partitive | hiprakkaa | hiprakoita hiprakkoja | ||
inessive | hiprakassa | hiprakoissa | ||
elative | hiprakasta | hiprakoista | ||
illative | hiprakkaan | hiprakoihin hiprakkoihin | ||
adessive | hiprakalla | hiprakoilla | ||
ablative | hiprakalta | hiprakoilta | ||
allative | hiprakalle | hiprakoille | ||
essive | hiprakkana | hiprakkoina | ||
translative | hiprakaksi | hiprakoiksi | ||
abessive | hiprakatta | hiprakoitta | ||
instructive | — | hiprakoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “hiprakka”, 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 2023-07-02