runsas

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. Relationship to Old High German runsa (“running water, stream”) has been proposed, but this is semantically distant, especially considering the Karelian and Ludic cognates runsas, ruznaz, meaning "sizable". Given that rusnas is found in Karelian too, *rusnas is probably original, and a similar metathesis as with känsä took place in Finnish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrunsɑs/,
• Rhymes: -unsɑs
• Syllabification^(key): run‧sas

Adjective

runsas (comparative runsaampi, superlative runsain)

1. abundant, plentiful
2. sizable, hefty, significant
3. (with a number, sometimes in the plural) just over

   Synonyms: reilu, vähän yli, hieman yli

   Antonym: vajaa

4. (mathematics, of a number) abundant (less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself)

Usage notes

• (abundant): It is more common to say olla runsaasti than olla runsas.

  Työpaikkoja on runsaasti. ― There are plenty of open (job) positions.

  Viljatuotteissa on runsaasti hiilihydraatteja. ― Ceral products are abundant in carbohydrates.

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Further reading

• “runsas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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