jevrei

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Karelian

Regional variants of jevrei
North Karelian
(Viena)
South Karelian
(Tver)
jevrei

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian еврей (jevrej).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjeʋrei̯/
  • Hyphenation: jev‧rei

Noun

jevrei (genitive jevrein, partitive jevreidä)

  1. (South Karelian) Jew

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of jevrei (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative jevrei jevreit
genitive jevrein jevriin
partitive jevreidä jevriidä
illative jevreih jevriih
inessive jevreissä jevriissä
elative jevreistä jevriistä
adessive jevreillä jevriillä
ablative jevreildä jevriildä
translative jevreiksi jevriiksi
essive jevreinä jevriinä
comitative jevreinke jevriinke
abessive jevreittä jevriittä
Possessive forms of jevrei
1st person jevreini
2nd person jevreis
3rd person jevreih
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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

Livvi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian еврей (jevrej).

Pronunciation

Noun

jevrei

  1. Jew

Declension

Declension of jevrei (Type 16/valgei, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative jevrei jevriet
genitive jevrien jevrielöin
partitive jevriedy jevrielöi
illative jevrieh jevrielöih
inessive jevries jevrielöis
elative jevriespäi jevrielöispäi
allative jevriele jevrielöile
adessive jevriel jevrielöil
ablative jevrielpäi jevrielöilpäi
translative jevriekse jevrielöikse
essive jevrienny jevrielöinny
abessive jevriettäh jevrielöittäh
comitative jevrienke jevrielöinke
instructive jevrielöin
prolative jevrieči

References

  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “jevrei”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) “jevrei”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 80