haipakka
Finnish
Etymology
Many dialectal variants (hailakka, haijakka, haitakka). hailakka may be the original as it is also found in Karelian, which also has Karelian hailata (“to rush, run around”). If so, it may be from hailakka (“pale, faded, wishy-washy”), as fast things have an indistinct colour. The consonant variations would be sound-symbolic.
Pronunciation
Noun
haipakka (colloquial)
Usage notes
Only the partitive singular form haipakkaa is usually used.
Declension
| Inflection of haipakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | haipakka | haipakat | |
| genitive | haipakan | haipakoiden haipakoitten haipakkojen | |
| partitive | haipakkaa | haipakoita haipakkoja | |
| illative | haipakkaan | haipakoihin haipakkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | haipakka | haipakat | |
| accusative | nom. | haipakka | haipakat |
| gen. | haipakan | ||
| genitive | haipakan | haipakoiden haipakoitten haipakkojen haipakkain rare | |
| partitive | haipakkaa | haipakoita haipakkoja | |
| inessive | haipakassa | haipakoissa | |
| elative | haipakasta | haipakoista | |
| illative | haipakkaan | haipakoihin haipakkoihin | |
| adessive | haipakalla | haipakoilla | |
| ablative | haipakalta | haipakoilta | |
| allative | haipakalle | haipakoille | |
| essive | haipakkana | haipakkoina | |
| translative | haipakaksi | haipakoiksi | |
| abessive | haipakatta | haipakoitta | |
| instructive | — | haipakoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “haipakka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02