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paras
paras
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *paras. Cognate with Finnish paras, Võro paras, Northern Sami buorre.
Adjective
paras (genitive paraja, partitive parajat or parast)
- suitable
- appropriate
- proper
- Expresses schadenfreude
- Ta sai peksa. Paras talle!
- He got beaten up. Good for him!
- Ta sai peksa. Paras talle!
Inflection
Inflection of paras (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | paras | parajad |
| accusative | paraja | parajad |
| genitive | paraja | parajate |
| partitive | parajat | parajaid |
| illative | parajasse | parajatesse parajaisse |
| inessive | parajas | parajates parajais |
| elative | parajast | parajatest parajaist |
| allative | parajale | parajatele parajaile |
| adessive | parajal | parajatel parajail |
| ablative | parajalt | parajatelt parajailt |
| translative | parajaks | parajateks parajaiks |
| terminative | parajani | parajateni |
| essive | parajana | parajatena |
| abessive | parajata | parajateta |
| comitative | parajaga | parajatega |
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *paras. Cognate with Estonian paras, Võro paras, Northern Sami buorre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɑrɑs]
- Rhymes: -ɑrɑs
- Hyphenation: pa‧ras
Adjective
paras
- superlative degree of hyvä
- Hän on maailman paras juoksija.
- He is the best runner in the world.
- Hän on maailman paras juoksija.
Declension
| Inflection of paras (Kotus type 41/vieras, rh-r gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | paras | parhaat | |
| genitive | parhaan | parhaiden parhaitten |
|
| partitive | parasta | parhaita | |
| illative | parhaaseen | parhaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | paras | parhaat | |
| accusative | nom. | paras | parhaat |
| gen. | parhaan | ||
| genitive | parhaan | parhaiden parhaitten |
|
| partitive | parasta | parhaita | |
| inessive | parhaassa | parhaissa | |
| elative | parhaasta | parhaista | |
| illative | parhaaseen | parhaisiin parhaihinrare |
|
| adessive | parhaalla | parhailla | |
| ablative | parhaalta | parhailta | |
| allative | parhaalle | parhaille | |
| essive | parhaana | parhaina | |
| translative | parhaaksi | parhaiksi | |
| instructive | — | parhain | |
| abessive | parhaatta | parhaitta | |
| comitative | — | parhaine | |
Antonyms
Derived terms
- genitive + olisi parasta + infinitive = had better + infinitive.
- parhaansa mukaan