rahvas

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rahvas, from Proto-Germanic *þrawwaz (“full-grown”).

Noun

rahvas (genitive rahva, partitive rahvast)

  1. people

Declension
Inflection of rahvas (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative rahvas rahvad
accusative rahva rahvad
genitive rahva rahvaste
partitive rahvast rahvaid
illative rahvasse rahvastesse
rahvaisse
inessive rahvas rahvastes
rahvais
elative rahvast rahvastest
rahvaist
allative rahvale rahvastele
rahvaile
adessive rahval rahvastel
rahvail
ablative rahvalt rahvastelt
rahvailt
translative rahvaks rahvasteks
rahvaiks
terminative rahvani rahvasteni
essive rahvana rahvastena
abessive rahvata rahvasteta
comitative rahvaga rahvastega

Finnish

(index ra)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rahvas, from Proto-Germanic *þrawwaz (“full-grown”). The other loan variant raavas has remained closer to the original meaning. (Compare the sense development in väki.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈrɑhʋɑs]
  • Hyphenation: rah‧vas

Noun

rahvas

  1. (relatively derogatory) The peasantry, common/ordinary people/folks, lower-class people (often used of those people in the past, in distinction from the rich and/or influential proportion of a people), the riff-raff
  2. (playfully) people, folks

Declension
Inflection of rahvas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
nominative rahvas rahvaat
genitive rahvaan rahvaiden
rahvaitten
partitive rahvasta rahvaita
illative rahvaaseen rahvaisiin
singular plural
nominative rahvas rahvaat
accusative nom. rahvas rahvaat
gen. rahvaan
genitive rahvaan rahvaiden
rahvaitten
partitive rahvasta rahvaita
inessive rahvaassa rahvaissa
elative rahvaasta rahvaista
illative rahvaaseen rahvaisiin
rahvaihinrare
adessive rahvaalla rahvailla
ablative rahvaalta rahvailta
allative rahvaalle rahvaille
essive rahvaana rahvaina
translative rahvaaksi rahvaiksi
instructive — rahvain
abessive rahvaatta rahvaitta
comitative — rahvaineen

Synonyms

Compounds

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrawwaz (“full-grown”).

Noun

rahvas (genitive rahvahan, partitive rahvastu)

  1. people
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