očča

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Karelian

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oncca. Cognates include Finnish otsa and Estonian ots.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈot͡ʃːɑ/
  • Hyphenation: oč‧ča

Noun

očča (genitive očan, partitive oččua)

  1. forehead
  2. front, facade

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of očča (type 5/koira, čč-č gradation)
singular plural
nominative očča očat
genitive očan oččien
partitive oččua oččie
illative oččah oččih
inessive očašša očissa
elative očašta očista
adessive očalla očilla
ablative očalta očilta
translative očakši očiksi
essive oččana oččina
comitative — očineh
abessive očatta očitta
Tver Karelian declension of očča (type 5/koira čč-č gradation)
singular plural
nominative očča očat
genitive očan očin
partitive oččua oččie
illative oččah oččih
inessive očašša očissa
elative očašta očista
adessive očalla očilla
ablative očalda očilda
translative očakši očiksi
essive oččana oččina
comitative očanke očinke
abessive očatta očitta
Possessive forms of očča
1st person oččani
2nd person oččaš
3rd person oččah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “očča”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры), →ISBN
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja, →ISBN
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