rapiat

Finnish

Etymology

From rapia, dialectal form of rapea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpiɑt/, [ˈrɑ̝piɑ̝t̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑpiɑt
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧pi‧at

Adjective

rapiat (not comparable) (colloquial)

1. (idiomatic) a bit more (than)

   He saivat kaksi vuotta ja rapiat.

   They got a bit over two years.

   Vielä rapiat sataa kilsaa.

   A bit over hundred kilometers now.

Declension

Indeclinable. Always in nominative plural. If used attributively (never used predicatively), the modified noun must also be in plural.

Further reading

• “rapiat”, 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

Anagrams

• paarit, partia, ripata

Latin

Verb

rapiat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of rapiō