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-kas

-kas

See also: kas, kAS, kAs, kaš, kaş, Kaş, and kas-

Estonian

Suffix

-kas (genitive -ka, partitive -kat)

  1. Derives adjectives from some nouns
    sisu "content" → sisukas "eventful"
    vaim "soul" → vaimukas "funny"
    nali "joke" → naljakas "funny"

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Estonian_words_suffixed_with_-kas'>Estonian words suffixed with -kas</a>

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-k'as.

Suffix

-kas (front vowel harmony variant -käs)

  1. -y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many, but not all, nouns into adjectives that indicate abundant presence of the thing expressed by the noun. When the suffix is added to the noun, the stem changes in accordance with consonant gradation.

Declension

Inflection of -kas (Kotus type 41/vieras, kk-k gradation)
nominative -kas -kkaat
genitive -kkaan -kkaiden
-kkaitten
partitive -kasta -kkaita
illative -kkaaseen -kkaisiin
singular plural
nominative -kas -kkaat
accusative nom. -kas -kkaat
gen. -kkaan
genitive -kkaan -kkaiden
-kkaitten
partitive -kasta -kkaita
inessive -kkaassa -kkaissa
elative -kkaasta -kkaista
illative -kkaaseen -kkaisiin
-kkaihinrare
adessive -kkaalla -kkailla
ablative -kkaalta -kkailta
allative -kkaalle -kkaille
essive -kkaana -kkaina
translative -kkaaksi -kkaiksi
instructive -kkain
abessive -kkaatta -kkaitta
comitative -kkaine

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Finnish_words_suffixed_with_-kas'>Finnish words suffixed with -kas</a>