fonari

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Ingrian

Fonari.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фонарь (fonarʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

fonari

  1. streetlight, lantern
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 49:
      Illaal fonarit pallaat.
      In the evening the streetlights shine.

Declension

Declension of fonari (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative fonari fonarit
genitive fonarin fonariin, fonariloin
partitive fonaria fonarija, fonariloja
illative fonarii fonarii, fonariloihe
inessive fonariis fonariis, fonarilois
elative fonarist fonariist, fonariloist
allative fonarille fonariille, fonariloille
adessive fonariil fonariil, fonariloil
ablative fonarilt fonariilt, fonariloilt
translative fonariks fonariiks, fonariloiks
essive fonarinna, fonariin fonariinna, fonariloinna, fonariin, fonariloin
exessive1) fonarint fonariint, fonariloint
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.