rapiat

Finnish

Etymology

From rapia, dialectal form of rapea.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpiɑt/, [ˈrɑ̝piɑ̝t̪]
Rhymes: -ɑpiɑt
Syllabification^(key): ra‧pi‧at

Adjective

rapiat (not comparable) (colloquial)

(idiomatic) a bit more (than)
He saivat kaksi vuotta ja rapiat.
They got a bit over two years.

Vielä rapiat sataa kilsaa.
A bit over hundred kilometers now.

Declension

Indeclinable. Always in nominative plural. If used attributively (never used predicatively), the modified noun must also be in plural.

Further reading

“rapiat”, 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

Anagrams

paarit, partia, ripata

Latin

Verb

rapiat

third-person singular present active subjunctive of rapiō

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