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Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *perkeleh, from Baltic. Compare Finnish perkele.
Noun
perkeleh (genitive perkelehen, partitive perkelehtä)
- devil
- Synonym: piru
Interjection
perkeleh
- (vulgar) A swear word.
References
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “perkeleh”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN