velkaraha
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]velka (“debt”) + raha (“money”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]velkaraha
- borrowed money
- Hän osti asunnon velkarahalla.
- He bought the flat with borrowed money.
- Velkarahalla sijoittaminen voi olla tuottoisaa, mutta se on myös riskialtista.
- Investing with borrowed money can be profitable, but it is also risky.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of velkaraha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | velkaraha | velkarahat | |
| genitive | velkarahan | velkarahojen | |
| partitive | velkarahaa | velkarahoja | |
| illative | velkarahaan | velkarahoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | velkaraha | velkarahat | |
| accusative | nom. | velkaraha | velkarahat |
| gen. | velkarahan | ||
| genitive | velkarahan | velkarahojen velkarahain rare | |
| partitive | velkarahaa | velkarahoja | |
| inessive | velkarahassa | velkarahoissa | |
| elative | velkarahasta | velkarahoista | |
| illative | velkarahaan | velkarahoihin | |
| adessive | velkarahalla | velkarahoilla | |
| ablative | velkarahalta | velkarahoilta | |
| allative | velkarahalle | velkarahoille | |
| essive | velkarahana | velkarahoina | |
| translative | velkarahaksi | velkarahoiksi | |
| abessive | velkarahatta | velkarahoitta | |
| instructive | — | velkarahoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “velkaraha”, 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 2023-07-04