| North Karelian (Viena) |
ijen |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
igen |
From Proto-Finnic *igen. Cognates include Finnish ien and Veps igin.
ijen (genitive ikenen, partitive ijentä)
| Viena Karelian declension of ijen (type 11/paimen, k-j gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ijen | ikenet | |
| genitive | ikenen | ikenien | |
| partitive | ijentä | ikenie | |
| illative | ikeneh | ikenih | |
| inessive | ikeneššä | ikenissä | |
| elative | ikeneštä | ikenistä | |
| adessive | ikenellä | ikenillä | |
| ablative | ikeneltä | ikeniltä | |
| translative | ikenekši | ikeniksi | |
| essive | ikeninä | ikeninä | |
| comitative | — | ikenineh | |
| abessive | ikenettä | ikenittä | |
| Possessive forms of ijen | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ikeneni | |
| 2nd person | ikeneš | |
| 3rd person | ikeneh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||