ahašhenkini

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Karelian

Regional variants of ahašhenkini
North Karelian
(Viena)
ahašhenkini
South Karelian
(Tver)
ahašhengine

Etymology

From ahaš (narrow) +‎ henki (soul) +‎ -ini.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑhɑʃˌheŋkinʲi/
  • Hyphenation: a‧haš‧hen‧ki‧ni

Adjective

ahašhenkini (genitive ahašhenkisen, partitive ahašhenkistä, comparative ahašhenkisempi, superlative ahašhenkisin)

  1. (North Karelian) narrow-minded

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of ahašhenkini (type 15/naini, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ahašhenkini ahašhenkiset
genitive ahašhenkisen ahašhenkisien
partitive ahašhenkistä ahašhenkisie
illative ahašhenkiseh ahašhenkisih
inessive ahašhenkiseššä ahašhenkisissä
elative ahašhenkiseštä ahašhenkisistä
adessive ahašhenkisellä ahašhenkisillä
ablative ahašhenkiseltä ahašhenkisiltä
translative ahašhenkisekši ahašhenkisiksi
essive ahašhenkisenä ahašhenkisinä
comitative ahašhenkisineh
abessive ahašhenkisettä ahašhenkisittä
Possessive forms of ahašhenkini
1st person ahašhengiseni
2nd person ahašhengiseš
3rd person ahašhengiseh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “ahashenkine”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN