-kas

Appendix:Variations of "kas" Estonian Etymology From et urj-fin-pro *-k'as. Cognate to fi -kas. Suffix 1 -ka -kat Derives adjectives from some nouns sisu "content" → sisukas "meaningful, profound" vaim "spirit, mind" → vaimukas "witty" nali "joke" → naljakas "funny" Derives nouns, often colloquial. padu- "huge" → padukas "heavy rain" juur "root" → juurikas "root, rhizome" Derived terms et Finnish Etymology From fi urj-fin-pro *-k'as. Equivalent to fi -kka -as. Suffix adjective noun käs -y, -ful; a suffix that can be used to turn many, but not all, nouns into adjectives that indicate abundant presence of the thing expressed by the noun. fi kukka flower kukikas flower-patterned fi raha money rahakas lucrative fi taito skill taidokas skilful fi voima power voimakas powerful fi ääni noise -käs äänekäs noisy fi harteet shoulders harteikas broad-shouldered fi nenä nose -käs nenäkäs saucy Forms nouns chacterized by an abundance of the base word. fi asia errand, matter asiakas customer fi ora thorn orakas hydnoid mushroom -ish; a suffix that forms moderative adjectives; rare in standard Finnish. fi kuiva dry kuivakas dryish Forms nouns indicating a concept associated with the base word from nouns or verbs. fi juuri root juurikas root vegetable fi pudota to fall pudokas fallen object Usage notes When the suffix is added to the noun, the stem changes in accordance with consonant gradation. The suffix is added to the plural stem on most hame-type nouns and in many cases of other non-mass concrete nouns, e.g. fi maine → fi maineikas instead of fi **maineekas, fi kukka → fi kukikas instead of fi **kukakas. Declension adj - k kk a a Derived terms fi -ikas fi Further reading Anagrams fi aks -ska SAK Ingrian Etymology From izh urj-fin-pro *-k'as. Cognates include fi -kas and et -kas. Pronunciation Suffix -käs Forms adjectives describing an abundancy of a noun; -ful izh kala fish kalakas rich in fish Usage notes In its polysyllabic oblique forms, -kas gets the secondary stress in words with polysyllabic stems. Declension k kk - Derived terms izh See also izh -isa References 54