raskaiksi

Raskaaksi is a Finnish translative form of the adjective meaning pregnant. It is used to express a change of state into pregnancy and is most commonly found in constructions with the verb tulla, meaning to become. The standard expression is tulla raskaaksi, as in Hän tuli raskaaksi, meaning she became pregnant.

Grammatically, raskaaksi functions as a state-changing form. The translative suffix -ksi marks the transition into a new state, and the form remains the same regardless of the subject’s number or gender, while the verb conjugates for person and number. For example, He tulivat raskaaksi would correspond to they became pregnant, with the verb bearing the plural past form. The word is typically paired with a finite verb rather than used independently.

Related forms and terms include raskaana, the adjective meaning pregnant, and raskaus, the noun for pregnancy. The phrase raskaaksi tuleminen is a common nominalization meaning “becoming pregnant” or “getting pregnant.”

Usage notes: raskaaksi is reserved for contexts involving pregnancy or similar state changes and is not used to convey other senses of the root raskas or heaviness. In translations, raskaaksi generally corresponds to “to become pregnant” in English, while the corresponding adjective for a pregnant state is raskaana (as in hän on raskaana).

Etymology: the form derives from the adjective raskaana (pregnant) with the translative suffix -ksi, a standard way in Finnish to denote changing into a given state.