rakas

From Proto-Finnic *rak'as, cognate with Karelian rakas (“willing, eager, kind, dear”). Traditionally held to derive from Proto-Finno-Ugric *rakka (“near; to approach”) (compare Hungarian rokon (“relative”)), but more recently proposed to be borrowed from Proto-Germanic *frakaz (“greedy, lustful”); the former theory suffers from a lack of cognates in other languages.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑkɑs/, [ˈrɑ̝kɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑs
• Hyphenation^(key): ra‧kas

rakas (comparative rakkaampi, superlative rakkain or rakkahin)

1. dear, beloved, cherished

   Synonyms: (literary, poetic) armas, lemmitty

   Olet minulle rakas. ― You are dear to me.

   Nämä olivat minun rakkaimmat leluni, kun olin lapsi. ― These were my most beloved toys when I was a child.

2. (dialectal, rare) eager, willing, greedy

rakas

1. darling, sweetheart, love

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kultanen

   rakkaani ― my sweetheart

   Rakas, tulisitko tänne? ― Dear, could you come here?

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

• “rakas”, 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

• Arska, askar, raksa, sarka

rakas

1. indefinite genitive singular of raka

rakas

1. passive infinitive of raka
2. present passive of raka

• Skara, askar, kasar, raska, sakar, skara