hiprakka
Finnish
editEtymology
editAkin 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
editNoun
edithiprakka (informal)
Usage notes
edithiprakka 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
editInflection 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 hiprakkain rare | |
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
editSee also
editFurther 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