| North Karelian (Viena) |
meččä |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
meččä |
From Proto-Finnic *meccä. Cognates include Finnish metsä and Estonian mets.
meččä (genitive mečän, partitive meččyä or meččiä)
| Viena Karelian declension of meččä (type 5/koira, čč-č gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | meččä | mečät | |
| genitive | mečän | meččien | |
| partitive | meččyä | meččie | |
| illative | meččäh | meččih | |
| inessive | mečäššä | mečissä | |
| elative | mečäštä | mečistä | |
| adessive | mečällä | mečillä | |
| ablative | mečältä | mečiltä | |
| translative | mečäkši | mečiksi | |
| essive | meččänä | meččinä | |
| comitative | — | mečineh | |
| abessive | mečättä | mečittä | |
| Tver Karelian declension of meččä (type 5/koira čč-č gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | meččä | mečät | |
| genitive | mečän | mečin | |
| partitive | meččiä | meččie | |
| illative | meččäh | meččih | |
| inessive | mečäššä | mečissä | |
| elative | mečäštä | mečistä | |
| adessive | mečällä | mečillä | |
| ablative | mečäldä | mečildä | |
| translative | mečäkši | mečiksi | |
| essive | meččänä | meččinä | |
| comitative | mečänke | mečinke | |
| abessive | mečättä | mečittä | |
| Possessive forms of meččä | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | meččäni | |
| 2nd person | meččäš | |
| 3rd person | meččäh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||