runsas
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Relationship to Old High German runsa (“running water, stream”) has been proposed, but this is semantically distant, especially considering the Karelian and Ludic cognates runsas, ruznaz, meaning "sizable". Given that rusnas is found in Karelian too, *rusnas is probably original, and a similar metathesis as with känsä took place in Finnish.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
runsas (comparative runsaampi, superlative runsain)
- abundant, plentiful
- sizable, hefty, significant
- (with a number, sometimes in the plural) just over
- (mathematics, of a number) abundant (less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself)
Usage notes edit
- (abundant): It is more common to say olla runsaasti than olla runsas.
- Työpaikkoja on runsaasti. ― There are plenty of open (job) positions.
- Viljatuotteissa on runsaasti hiilihydraatteja. ― Ceral products are abundant in carbohydrates.
Declension edit
Inflection of runsas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | runsas | runsaat | |
genitive | runsaan | runsaiden runsaitten | |
partitive | runsasta | runsaita | |
illative | runsaaseen | runsaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | runsas | runsaat | |
accusative | nom. | runsas | runsaat |
gen. | runsaan | ||
genitive | runsaan | runsaiden runsaitten runsastenrare | |
partitive | runsasta | runsaita | |
inessive | runsaassa | runsaissa | |
elative | runsaasta | runsaista | |
illative | runsaaseen | runsaisiin runsaihinrare | |
adessive | runsaalla | runsailla | |
ablative | runsaalta | runsailta | |
allative | runsaalle | runsaille | |
essive | runsaana | runsaina | |
translative | runsaaksi | runsaiksi | |
abessive | runsaatta | runsaitta | |
instructive | — | runsain | |
comitative | — | runsaine |
Derived terms edit
compounds
- runsasaktiivinen
- runsasenergiainen
- runsasenerginen
- runsashappinen
- runsashiilinen
- runsasjärvinen
- runsaskalainen
- runsaskalorinen
- runsaskoristeinen
- runsaskuituinen
- runsaskätinen
- runsaslajinen
- runsaslukuinen
- runsasluminen
- runsasmetsäinen
- runsasmuotoinen
- runsasravinteinen
- runsasravintoinen
- runsassanainen
- runsassateinen
- runsassatoinen
- runsassiemeninen
- runsassisältöinen
- runsastuloinen
- runsastuottoinen
- runsastöinen
- runsasvetinen
- runsasväkinen
Further reading edit
- “runsas”, 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