karjala

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Finnish

Etymology

See Karjala.

Pronunciation

Noun

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karjala

  1. The Karelian language; a Finno-Ugric language spoken by about 100,000 people in Karelia. It is closely related to Finnish.

Usage notes

In Karelian, as well as in Finnish, the names of languages are written with a lower case initial.

Declension

Inflection of karjala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative karjala karjalat
genitive karjalan karjaloiden
karjaloitten
partitive karjalaa karjaloita
illative karjalaan karjaloihin
singular plural
nominative karjala karjalat
accusative nom. karjala karjalat
gen. karjalan
genitive karjalan karjaloiden
karjaloitten
karjalain rare
partitive karjalaa karjaloita
inessive karjalassa karjaloissa
elative karjalasta karjaloista
illative karjalaan karjaloihin
adessive karjalalla karjaloilla
ablative karjalalta karjaloilta
allative karjalalle karjaloille
essive karjalana karjaloina
translative karjalaksi karjaloiksi
abessive karjalatta karjaloitta
instructive karjaloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of karjala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative karjalani karjalani
accusative nom. karjalani karjalani
gen. karjalani
genitive karjalani karjaloideni
karjaloitteni
karjalaini rare
partitive karjalaani karjaloitani
inessive karjalassani karjaloissani
elative karjalastani karjaloistani
illative karjalaani karjaloihini
adessive karjalallani karjaloillani
ablative karjalaltani karjaloiltani
allative karjalalleni karjaloilleni
essive karjalanani karjaloinani
translative karjalakseni karjaloikseni
abessive karjalattani karjaloittani
instructive
comitative karjaloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative karjalasi karjalasi
accusative nom. karjalasi karjalasi
gen. karjalasi
genitive karjalasi karjaloidesi
karjaloittesi
karjalaisi rare
partitive karjalaasi karjaloitasi
inessive karjalassasi karjaloissasi
elative karjalastasi karjaloistasi
illative karjalaasi karjaloihisi
adessive karjalallasi karjaloillasi
ablative karjalaltasi karjaloiltasi
allative karjalallesi karjaloillesi
essive karjalanasi karjaloinasi
translative karjalaksesi karjaloiksesi
abessive karjalattasi karjaloittasi
instructive
comitative karjaloinesi

Synonyms

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic . Cognates include Finnish karjala and Karelian karjala / kariela.

Pronunciation

Noun

karjala

  1. (in the plural) Karelians
  2. (in the singular) Karelian language
  3. (in the plural, dated, rare) Ingrians
  4. (in the singular, dated, rare) Ingrian language

Declension

Declension of karjala (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative karjala karjalat
genitive karjalan karjaloin
partitive karjalaa karjaloja
illative karjalaa karjaloihe
inessive karjalaas karjalois
elative karjalast karjaloist
allative karjalalle karjaloille
adessive karjalaal karjaloil
ablative karjalalt karjaloilt
translative karjalaks karjaloiks
essive karjalanna, karjalaan karjaloinna, karjaloin
exessive1) karjalant karjaloint
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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 137

Karelian

Regional variants of karjala
North Karelian
(Viena)
karjala
South Karelian
(Tver)
kariela

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic . Cognates include Finnish karjala and Ingrian karjala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrjɑlɑ/
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ja‧la

Noun

karjala (genitive karjalan, partitive karjalua)

  1. (North Karelian) Karelian language

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of karjala (type 4/kala, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative karjala karjalat
genitive karjalan karjalojen
partitive karjalua karjaloja
illative karjalah karjaloih
inessive karjalašša karjaloissa
elative karjalašta karjaloista
adessive karjalalla karjaloilla
ablative karjalalta karjaloilta
translative karjalakši karjaloiksi
essive karjalana karjaloina
comitative karjaloineh
abessive karjalatta karjaloitta
Possessive forms of karjala
1st person karjalani
2nd person karjalaš
3rd person karjalah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “карельский”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN