šorža

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Karelian

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃorʒɑ/
  • Hyphenation: šor‧ža

Noun

šorža (genitive šoržan, partitive šoržua)

  1. (South Karelian) duck

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of šorža (type 5/koira no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šorža šoržat
genitive šoržan šoržin
partitive šoržua šoržie
illative šoržah šoržih
inessive šoržašša šoržissa
elative šoržašta šoržista
adessive šoržalla šoržilla
ablative šoržalda šoržilda
translative šoržakši šoržiksi
essive šoržana šoržina
comitative šoržanke šoržinke
abessive šoržatta šoržitta
Possessive forms of šorža
1st person šoržani
2nd person šoržaš
3rd person šoržah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “šorža”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
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