cirkka
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Cirkka.
Ingrian
Etymology 1
Uncertain:
- Possibly borrowed from Russian чирок (čirok, “billet”), itself probably related to чурка (čurka).
- Alternatively, from Etymology 2, possibly due to the piece's motion resembling that of a cricket.
Related to dialectal Finnish sirkka and Veps tširk.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/,
- Rhymes: -irkː, -irkːɑ
- Hyphenation: cirk‧ka
Noun
cirkka
Declension
| Declension of cirkka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cirkka | cirkat |
| genitive | cirkan | cirkkoin |
| partitive | cirkkaa | cirkkoja |
| illative | cirkkaa | cirkkoi |
| inessive | cirkaas | cirkois |
| elative | cirkast | cirkoist |
| allative | cirkalle | cirkoille |
| adessive | cirkaal | cirkoil |
| ablative | cirkalt | cirkoilt |
| translative | cirkaks | cirkoiks |
| essive | cirkkanna, cirkkaan | cirkkoinna, cirkkoin |
| exessive1) | cirkkant | cirkkoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Etymology 2
Some way derived from Proto-Finnic *cirkka, possibly an old borrowing from a Karelian dialect.
The regular development from Proto-Finnic *c- is s- in Ingrian, and can be seen in serkka.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃirkːɑ/,
- Rhymes: -irkː, -irkːɑ
- Hyphenation: cirk‧ka
Noun
cirkka
- Synonym of serkka
Declension
| Declension of cirkka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cirkka | cirkat |
| genitive | cirkan | cirkkoin |
| partitive | cirkkaa | cirkkoja |
| illative | cirkkaa | cirkkoi |
| inessive | cirkaas | cirkois |
| elative | cirkast | cirkoist |
| allative | cirkalle | cirkoille |
| adessive | cirkaal | cirkoil |
| ablative | cirkalt | cirkoilt |
| translative | cirkaks | cirkoiks |
| essive | cirkkanna, cirkkaan | cirkkoinna, cirkkoin |
| exessive1) | cirkkant | cirkkoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 601