hiprakka
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Akin to hipreä (“clumsy, sluggish”), hiprassa (= hiprakassa) and maybe hipristellä (“to avoid getting touched due to feeling cold or sore”) (all dialectal). Possibly sound-symbolic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hiprakka (informal)
Usage notes[edit]
hiprakka describes a stage in between selvinpäin and humala where one has a light buzz and socializing is made easier, but not the point where one begins to get dizzy, slur heavily, vomit and pass out.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of hiprakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hiprakka | hiprakat | ||
genitive | hiprakan | hiprakoiden hiprakoitten hiprakkojen | ||
partitive | hiprakkaa | hiprakoita hiprakkoja | ||
illative | hiprakkaan | hiprakoihin hiprakkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hiprakka | hiprakat | ||
accusative | nom. | hiprakka | hiprakat | |
gen. | hiprakan | |||
genitive | hiprakan | hiprakoiden hiprakoitten hiprakkojen hiprakkainrare | ||
partitive | hiprakkaa | hiprakoita hiprakkoja | ||
inessive | hiprakassa | hiprakoissa | ||
elative | hiprakasta | hiprakoista | ||
illative | hiprakkaan | hiprakoihin hiprakkoihin | ||
adessive | hiprakalla | hiprakoilla | ||
ablative | hiprakalta | hiprakoilta | ||
allative | hiprakalle | hiprakoille | ||
essive | hiprakkana | hiprakkoina | ||
translative | hiprakaksi | hiprakoiksi | ||
abessive | hiprakatta | hiprakoitta | ||
instructive | — | hiprakoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “hiprakka”, 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 2023-07-02