briha

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Karelian

Regional variants of briha
North Karelian
(Viena)
priha
South Karelian
(Tver)
briha

Etymology

Possibly from Russian пригожий (prigožij). Cognates include Ludian priha, Veps priha and Livvi briha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrihɑ/
  • Hyphenation: bri‧ha

Noun

briha (genitive brihan, partitive brihua)

  1. (South Karelian) lad, guy

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of briha (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative briha brihat
genitive brihan brihoin
partitive brihua brihoida
illative brihah brihoih
inessive brihašša brihoissa
elative brihašta brihoista
adessive brihalla brihoilla
ablative brihalda brihoilda
translative brihakši brihoiksi
essive brihana brihoina
comitative brihanke brihoinke
abessive brihatta brihoitta
Possessive forms of briha
1st person brihani
2nd person brihaš
3rd person brihah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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

Livvi

Etymology

Possibly from Russian приго́жий (prigóžij). Cognates include Ludian priha, Veps priha and Karelian prihabriha

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrʲihɑ/
  • Hyphenation: bri‧ha

Noun

briha

  1. lad, young man

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 27