Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rik'as
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz.
Adjective
*rik'as[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *rik'as
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rik'as | *rikkahët | |
| accusative | *rikkahën | *rikkahët | |
| genitive | *rikkahën | *rik'astën *rikkahidën | |
| partitive | *rik'asta | *rikkahita | |
| inessive | *rikkahëssa *rikkahëhna |
*rikkahissa *rikkahihna | |
| elative | *rikkahësta | *rikkahista | |
| illative | *rikkahësën | *rikkahisën | |
| adessive | *rikkahëlla | *rikkahilla | |
| ablative | *rikkahëlta | *rikkahilta | |
| allative | *rikkahëlën *rikkahëlëk |
*rikkahilën *rikkahilëk | |
| essive | *rik'assa | *rikkahina | |
| translative | *rikkahëksi | *rikkahiksi | |
| instructive | *rikkahën | *rikkahin | |
| comitative | *rik'assëk | *rikkahinëk | |
| abessive | *rikkahëtta | *rikkahitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: rikas
- Finnish: rikas
- Ingrian: rikas
- Karelian: rikas
- Livonian: rikāz
- Livvi: rikas
- Võro: rikas
- Votic: rikaz
References
Further reading
- “rikas”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012