Rahattomia

Rahattomia is a Finnish adjective meaning lacking money or penniless. It describes people, households, or situations characterized by cash shortage. In everyday use it may refer to individuals facing financial hardship or to resources that are scarce.

Etymology and forms: derived from raha 'money' and the suffix -ttom- meaning 'lacking', yielding rahaton (without money). The word has inflected forms such as rahattomat (nominative plural) and rahattomia (partitive plural). It is used attributively or predicatively, for example: rahattomia ihmisiä (moneyless people) or rahattomana (in a moneyless state).

Usage and context: In Finnish discourse, rahattomia commonly appears in discussions about poverty, social welfare, and economic inequality, budgeting, or crises. It is not the name of a formal movement or organization; rather it is a descriptive term. Journalistic and literary contexts may use it to foreground human experiences of financial hardship, debt, or reliance on benefits.

See also

- Poverty in Finland

- Social welfare in Finland

- Budgeting and personal finance

- Economic inequality