rauta

rauta

1. inflection of rautar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Finnic *rauta, borrowed from either Proto-Germanic *raudą (compare Old Norse rauði (“hematite”)) or Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (compare Latvian rūda (“ore”)), but in either case ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑutɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): rau‧ta

rauta

1. iron (metal; chemical element with the symbol Fe)
2. (chiefly in compounds) tool made of iron (or of steel)

   sorkkarauta ― crowbar

   raastinrauta ― grater

   silitysrauta ― clothes iron

   vohvelirauta ― waffle iron

   1. (in the plural) Ellipsis of hammasraudat (“braces”).
3. (in the plural) shackles, irons

   Synonym: kahleet

   panna rautoihin ― to iron (to shackle with irons)

   1. Ellipsis of käsiraudat (“(hand)cuffs”).

      panna rautoihin ― to (hand)cuff

   2. (figuratively, colloquial, in the plural) act of getting or state of being arrested (practically always used in locative cases; rautoihin and raudoissa)

      Varas pantiin rautoihin rikospaikalla.

      The burglar was arrested at the crime scene.

      NN on ollut raudoissa jo viikon.

      NN has been arrested for a week already.

4. (in the plural) trap (heavy metal device designed to catch animals by catching hold of part of the body)
5. (golf) iron (type of club)

   Synonym: rautamaila

6. (weightlifting) iron
7. (informal) ride (vehicle)
8. (informal) hardware, military hardware

   rautaa rajalle ― hardware to the border

9. (computing, slang) hardware

   Synonym: laitteisto

10. (colloquial, in the partitive singular) something that rocks, something that is great

• teräs

• “rauta”, 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

• aurat, raaut, tarua, uatra

From Proto-Finnic *rauta. Cognates include Finnish rauta and Estonian raud.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈrɑu̯t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈrɑu̯d̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t, -ɑu̯tɑ
• Hyphenation: rau‧ta

rauta

1. iron
2. horseshoe

   hepoisen rauta ― horseshoe (literally, “horse's iron”)

   panna hepoista rautaa ― to put horseshoes on a horse (literally, “to put a horse into iron”)

   • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10:

     Mont naaglaa ono hepoisen ravvaas?

     How many nails are there on the horseshoe?

3. barrel (of a gun)

   pyssyn rauta ― gun barrel (literally, “gun's iron”)

4. handle (of a door)

   uksen rauta ― door handle (literally, “door's iron”)

5. bit (part of a bridle)

   suitsiin rauta ― bit (literally, “bridle's iron”)

6. iron heel of a boot

   sappaan rauta ― iron heel (literally, “boot's iron”)

Declension of rauta (type 3/kana, aut-avv gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	rauta	ravvat
genitive	ravvan	rautoin
partitive	rautaa	rautoja
illative	rautaa	rautoi
inessive	ravvaas	ravvois
elative	ravvast	ravvoist
allative	ravvalle	ravvoille
adessive	ravvaal	ravvoil
ablative	ravvalt	ravvoilt
translative	ravvaks	ravvoiks
essive	rautanna, rautaan	rautoinna, rautoin
exessive1)	rautant	rautoint
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.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 467

From Proto-Finnic *rauta, from either Germanic or Balto-Slavic.

rauta (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. iron