From Proto-Finnic *pelko. Equivalent to pelätä (“to fear, dread”) + -o.
pelko
| Inflection of pelko (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k-∅ gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pelko | pelot | |
| genitive | pelon | pelkojen | |
| partitive | pelkoa | pelkoja | |
| illative | pelkoon | pelkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pelko | pelot | |
| accusative | nom. | pelko | pelot |
| gen. | pelon | ||
| genitive | pelon | pelkojen | |
| partitive | pelkoa | pelkoja | |
| inessive | pelossa | peloissa | |
| elative | pelosta | peloista | |
| illative | pelkoon | pelkoihin | |
| adessive | pelolla | peloilla | |
| ablative | pelolta | peloilta | |
| allative | pelolle | peloille | |
| essive | pelkona | pelkoina | |
| translative | peloksi | peloiksi | |
| abessive | pelotta | peloitta | |
| instructive | — | peloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
From Proto-Finnic *pelko, equivalent to pölätä (“to fear”) + -o. Cognates include Finnish pelko and dialectal Estonian pelg.
pelko
| Declension of pelko (type 4/koivu, k- gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pelko | pelot |
| genitive | pelon | pelkoin, pelkoloin |
| partitive | pelkoa | pelkoja, pelkoloja |
| illative | pelkoo | pelkoi, pelkoloihe |
| inessive | pelos | pelois, pelkolois |
| elative | pelost | peloist, pelkoloist |
| allative | pelolle | peloille, pelkoloille |
| adessive | pelol | peloil, pelkoloil |
| ablative | pelolt | peloilt, pelkoloilt |
| translative | peloks | peloiks, pelkoloiks |
| essive | pelkonna, pelkoon | pelkoinna, pelkoloinna, pelkoin, pelkoloin |
| exessive1) | pelkont | pelkoint, pelkoloint |
| 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. | ||
From Proto-Finnic *pelko.
pelko
| Declension of pelko (type II/võrkko, k-g gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pelko | pelgod |
| genitive | pelgo | pelkojõ, pelkoi |
| partitive | pelkoa | pelkoitõ, pelkoi |
| illative | pelkosõ, pelko | pelkoisõ |
| inessive | pelgoz | pelkoiz |
| elative | pelgossõ | pelkoissõ |
| allative | pelgolõ | pelkoilõ |
| adessive | pelgollõ | pelkoillõ |
| ablative | pelgoltõ | pelkoiltõ |
| translative | pelgossi | pelkoissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||