kerves
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Kerves.
English
Verb
kerves
- third-person singular simple present indicative of kerve
Ingrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kirves. Cognates include Finnish kirves and Estonian kirves.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkerʋes/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkerʋes/,
- Rhymes: -erʋes
- Hyphenation: ker‧ves
Noun
kerves
- axe
- 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:
- Krandașșiil ... Kerveel ...
- ... with a pencil ... with an axe.
Declension
| Declension of kerves (type 2/patsas, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kerves | kerveet |
| genitive | kerveen | kervein |
| partitive | kervestä, kervest | kerveitä, kervejä |
| illative | kerveesse | kerveisse |
| inessive | kervees | kerveis |
| elative | kerveest | kerveist |
| allative | kerveelle | kerveille |
| adessive | kerveel | kerveil |
| ablative | kerveelt | kerveilt |
| translative | kerveeks | kerveiks |
| essive | kerveennä, kerveen | kerveinnä, kervein |
| exessive1) | kerveent | kerveint |
| 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. | ||
| Soikkola declension of kerves (type 2/patsas, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kerves | kervehet, kerveet |
| genitive | kervehen | kervehiin |
| partitive | kervestä | kervehiä |
| illative | kervehesse | kervehisse |
| inessive | kervehees | kervehiis |
| elative | kervehest | kervehist |
| allative | kervehelle | kervehille |
| adessive | kerveheel | kervehiil |
| ablative | kervehelt | kervehilt |
| translative | kerveheks | kervehiks |
| essive | kerveheen | kervehiin |
| exessive1) | kervehent | kervehint |
| 1) Obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) | ||
Derived terms
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 158
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 71
Middle English
Noun
kerves