From hoole- (“worry”) + -kas. Akin to Finnish huolekas and Estonian hoolikas.
hoolekas (comparative hoolekkaamp)
| Declension of hoolekas (type 2/patsas, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hoolekas | hoolekkaat |
| genitive | hoolekkaan | hoolekkain |
| partitive | hoolekasta, hoolekast | hoolekkaita, hoolekkaja |
| illative | hoolekkaasse | hoolekkaisse |
| inessive | hoolekkaas | hoolekkais |
| elative | hoolekkaast | hoolekkaist |
| allative | hoolekkaalle | hoolekkaille |
| adessive | hoolekkaal | hoolekkail |
| ablative | hoolekkaalt | hoolekkailt |
| translative | hoolekkaaks | hoolekkaiks |
| essive | hoolekkaanna, hoolekkaan | hoolekkainna, hoolekkain |
| exessive1) | hoolekkaant | hoolekkaint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||