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rahvas
rahvas
Estonian
Noun
rahvas (genitive rahva, partitive rahvast)
Declension
Inflection of rahvas (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rahvas | rahvad |
| accusative | rahva | rahvad |
| genitive | rahva | rahvaste |
| partitive | rahvast | rahvaid |
| illative | rahvasse | rahvastesse rahvaisse |
| inessive | rahvas | rahvastes rahvais |
| elative | rahvast | rahvastest rahvaist |
| allative | rahvale | rahvastele rahvaile |
| adessive | rahval | rahvastel rahvail |
| ablative | rahvalt | rahvastelt rahvailt |
| translative | rahvaks | rahvasteks rahvaiks |
| terminative | rahvani | rahvasteni |
| essive | rahvana | rahvastena |
| abessive | rahvata | rahvasteta |
| comitative | rahvaga | rahvastega |
Related terms
Finnish
(index ra)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rahvas, from Proto-Germanic *þrawwaz (“full-grown”). The other loan variant raavas has remained closer to the original meaning. (Compare the sense development in väki.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrɑhʋɑs]
- Hyphenation: rah‧vas
Noun
rahvas
- (relatively derogatory) The peasantry, common/ordinary people/folks, lower-class people (often used of those people in the past, in distinction from the rich and/or influential proportion of a people)
- (playfully) people, folks
Declension
| Inflection of rahvas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rahvas | rahvaat | |
| genitive | rahvaan | rahvaiden rahvaitten |
|
| partitive | rahvasta | rahvaita | |
| illative | rahvaaseen | rahvaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rahvas | rahvaat | |
| accusative | nom. | rahvas | rahvaat |
| gen. | rahvaan | ||
| genitive | rahvaan | rahvaiden rahvaitten |
|
| partitive | rahvasta | rahvaita | |
| inessive | rahvaassa | rahvaissa | |
| elative | rahvaasta | rahvaista | |
| illative | rahvaaseen | rahvaisiin rahvaihinrare |
|
| adessive | rahvaalla | rahvailla | |
| ablative | rahvaalta | rahvailta | |
| allative | rahvaalle | rahvaille | |
| essive | rahvaana | rahvaina | |
| translative | rahvaaksi | rahvaiksi | |
| instructive | — | rahvain | |
| abessive | rahvaatta | rahvaitta | |
| comitative | — | rahvaineen | |
Synonyms
Compounds
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þrawwaz (“full-grown”).
Noun
rahvas (genitive rahvahan, partitive rahvastu)