kärgi

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Karelian

Regional variants of kärgi
North Karelian
(Viena)
kärki
South Karelian
(Tver)
kärgi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kärki. Cognates include Finnish kärki and dialectal Estonian kärg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkærɡi/
  • Hyphenation: kär‧gi

Noun

kärgi (genitive kären, partitive kärgie)

  1. (South Karelian) black woodpecker

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of kärgi (type 3/ovi, g- gradation)
singular plural
nominative kärgi käret
genitive kären kärgilöin
partitive kärgie kärgilöidä
illative kärgih kärgilöih
inessive käreššä kärgilöissä
elative käreštä kärgilöistä
adessive kärellä kärgilöillä
ablative käreldä kärgilöildä
translative kärekši kärgilöiksi
essive kärginä kärgilöinä
comitative kärenke kärgilöinke
abessive kärettä kärgilöittä
Possessive forms of kärgi
1st person kärgeni
2nd person kärgeš
3rd person kärgeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

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References

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