abie

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English

Verb

abie

  1. Obsolete form of aby.

Karelian

Regional variants of abie
North Karelian
(Viena) 		apie
South Karelian
(Tver) 		abie

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic обида (obida). Cognates include Finnish apea and Veps abid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑbie̯/
  • Hyphenation: a‧bie

Noun

abie (genitive abien, partitive abieda)

  1. (South Karelian) offence, insult

Adjective

abie (genitive abien, partitive abieda, comparative abiembi, superlative abein)

  1. (South Karelian) insulting, offensive

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of abie (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative abie abiet
genitive abien abein
partitive abieda abeida
illative abieh abeih
inessive abiešša abeissa
elative abiešta abeista
adessive abiella abeilla
ablative abielda abeilda
translative abiekši abeiksi
essive abiena abeina
comitative abienke abeinke
abessive abietta abeitta
Possessive forms of abie
1st person abieni
2nd person abieš
3rd person abieh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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