runsas
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Relationship to Old High German runsa (“running water, stream”) has been proposed, but this is semantically distant, especially considering Karelian runšaš (North Karelian), Livvi ruznaz (“sturdy, hefty”) and Ludian ruznaz (“sturdy, hefty”). Given that -sn- has a wider distribution, *rusnas is probably original, and a similar metathesis as with känsä took place in Finnish.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]runsas (comparative runsaampi, superlative runsain)
- abundant, plentiful
- sizable, hefty, significant
- (with a number, sometimes in the plural) just over
- (mathematics, of a number) abundant (less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself)
Usage notes
[edit]- (abundant): It is more common to say olla runsaasti than olla runsas.
- Työpaikkoja on runsaasti. ― There are plenty of open (job) positions.
- Viljatuotteissa on runsaasti hiilihydraatteja. ― Cereal products are abundant in carbohydrates.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of runsas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | runsas | runsaat | |
genitive | runsaan | runsaiden runsaitten | |
partitive | runsasta | runsaita | |
illative | runsaaseen | runsaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | runsas | runsaat | |
accusative | nom. | runsas | runsaat |
gen. | runsaan | ||
genitive | runsaan | runsaiden runsaitten runsasten rare | |
partitive | runsasta | runsaita | |
inessive | runsaassa | runsaissa | |
elative | runsaasta | runsaista | |
illative | runsaaseen | runsaisiin runsaihin rare | |
adessive | runsaalla | runsailla | |
ablative | runsaalta | runsailta | |
allative | runsaalle | runsaille | |
essive | runsaana | runsaina | |
translative | runsaaksi | runsaiksi | |
abessive | runsaatta | runsaitta | |
instructive | — | runsain | |
comitative | — | runsaine |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- runsasaktiivinen
- runsasenergiainen
- runsasenerginen
- runsashappinen
- runsashiilinen
- runsasjärvinen
- runsaskalainen
- runsaskalorinen
- runsaskoristeinen
- runsaskuituinen
- runsaskätinen
- runsaslajinen
- runsaslukuinen
- runsasluminen
- runsasmetsäinen
- runsasmuotoinen
- runsasravinteinen
- runsasravintoinen
- runsassanainen
- runsassateinen
- runsassatoinen
- runsassiemeninen
- runsassisältöinen
- runsastuloinen
- runsastuottoinen
- runsastöinen
- runsasvetinen
- runsasväkinen
Further reading
[edit]- “runsas”, 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