Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirk'as
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from the same root as *kirkudak.
Adjective
*kirk'as
Inflection
Inflection of *kirk'as
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kirk'as | *kirkkahët | |
| accusative | *kirkkahën | *kirkkahët | |
| genitive | *kirkkahën | *kirk'astën *kirkkahidën | |
| partitive | *kirk'asta | *kirkkahita | |
| inessive | *kirkkahëssa *kirkkahëhna |
*kirkkahissa *kirkkahihna | |
| elative | *kirkkahësta | *kirkkahista | |
| illative | *kirkkahësën | *kirkkahisën | |
| adessive | *kirkkahëlla | *kirkkahilla | |
| ablative | *kirkkahëlta | *kirkkahilta | |
| allative | *kirkkahëlën *kirkkahëlëk |
*kirkkahilën *kirkkahilëk | |
| essive | *kirk'assa | *kirkkahina | |
| translative | *kirkkahëksi | *kirkkahiksi | |
| instructive | *kirkkahën | *kirkkahin | |
| comitative | *kirk'assëk | *kirkkahinëk | |
| abessive | *kirkkahëtta | *kirkkahitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kirkas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN