ratsu

From Proto-Finnic *raccu.

ratsu (genitive ratsu, partitive ratsut)

1. riding horse or other animal used for riding
2. (chess) knight

Declension of ratsu (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ratsu	ratsud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ratsu
genitive			ratsude
partitive		ratsut	ratsusid
illative		ratsusse	ratsudesse
inessive		ratsus	ratsudes
elative		ratsust	ratsudest
allative		ratsule	ratsudele
adessive		ratsul	ratsudel
ablative		ratsult	ratsudelt
translative		ratsuks	ratsudeks
terminative		ratsuni	ratsudeni
essive		ratsuna	ratsudena
abessive		ratsuta	ratsudeta
comitative		ratsuga	ratsudega

• hobune

Chess pieces in Estonian · malendid (see also: male) (layout · text)
kuningas	lipp	vanker	oda	ratsu	ettur

From Proto-Finnic *raccu, from rats- +‎ -u.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑtsu/, [ˈrɑ̝ts̠u]
• Rhymes: -ɑtsu
• Hyphenation^(key): rat‧su

ratsu

1. mount, steed; riding horse (horse or other animal used for riding)
2. (humorous) anything else used for riding
3. (chess) knight

• (riding horse): ratsuhevonen
• (chess): hevonen

• ratsain
• ratsastaa

Chess pieces in Finnish · šakkinappula, shakkinappula (layout · text)
kuningas	kuningatar	torni	lähetti	ratsu	sotilas

• “ratsu”, 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

From Proto-Finnic *raccu, equivalent to ratsas (“steed”) +‎ -u. Cognates include Finnish ratsu and Estonian ratsu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑt͡su/, [ˈrɑt͡s̠ŭ̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑt͡su/, [ˈrɑt͡su]
• Rhymes: -ɑt͡su
• Hyphenation: rat‧su

ratsu

1. (folk poetic) Synonym of ratsas
   • 1916, V. Alava, quoting Naastoi, Tarinaisista, “1966. Soikkola, Säätinä. VI1042”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎^[2], volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 67-68:

     »Mitä miun issoini otti?» // »Issoisi rahaisen ratsun.»

     »What did my father get?» // »Your father [got] an expensive steed.»

Declension of ratsu (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ratsu	ratsut
genitive	ratsun	ratsuin, ratsuloin
partitive	ratsua	ratsuja, ratsuloja
illative	ratsuu	ratsui, ratsuloihe
inessive	ratsuus	ratsuis, ratsulois
elative	ratsust	ratsuist, ratsuloist
allative	ratsulle	ratsuille, ratsuloille
adessive	ratsuul	ratsuil, ratsuloil
ablative	ratsult	ratsuilt, ratsuloilt
translative	ratsuks	ratsuiks, ratsuloiks
essive	ratsunna, ratsuun	ratsuinna, ratsuloinna, ratsuin, ratsuloin
exessive1)	ratsunt	ratsuint, ratsuloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• (diminutive) ratsuin