parras

parras

1. plural of parra

From Proto-Finnic *pardas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *bardaz (“edge”), compare Old Norse barð (“brim, verge”). Cognates include Estonian parras, Livonian pārdaz, Ludian pardaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrːɑs/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrːɑs
• Syllabification^(key): par‧ras

parras

1. brink, verge, edge

   tuhon partaalla ― on the brink of destruction

   olla haudan partaalla ― to have one foot in the grave, to be on one's last legs (literally, “to be on the brink of a grave”)

2. (usually figurative) In the external locative cases, used to being close to something; about (to)

   saattaa tuhon partaalle ― to bring to the brink of destruction

   Hän oli itkun partaalla.

   She was about to cry.

3. (nautical) side deck, rail

In the sense "brink, verge, edge" rarely used except in the adessive (on), ablative (from) or allative (onto) cases.

• reuna

• “parras”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

From Proto-Finnic *pardas. Cognates include Finnish parras and Estonian parras.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrːɑs/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrːɑs/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrːɑs
• Hyphenation: par‧ras

parras

1. edge, brink

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 386

parras

1. plural of parra

parras f pl

1. plural of parra