šorša

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Karelian

Regional variants of šorša
North Karelian
(Viena)
šorša
South Karelian
(Tver)
šorža

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sorsa. Cognates include Finnish sorsa and Veps sorz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃorʃɑ/
  • Hyphenation: šor‧ša

Noun

šorša (genitive šoršan, partitive šoršua)

  1. (North Karelian) duck

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of šorša (type 5/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šorša šoršat
genitive šoršan šoršien
partitive šoršua šoršie
illative šoršah šorših
inessive šoršašša šoršissa
elative šoršašta šoršista
adessive šoršalla šoršilla
ablative šoršalta šoršilta
translative šoršakši šoršiksi
essive šoršana šoršina
comitative šoršineh
abessive šoršatta šoršitta
Possessive forms of šorša
1st person šoršani
2nd person šoršaš
3rd person šoršah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “утка”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN