pyššy

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Karelian

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

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Swedish byssa. Cognates include Finnish pyssy and Ingrian pyssy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpyʃːy/
  • Hyphenation: pyš‧šy

Noun

pyššy (genitive pyššyn, partitive pyššyö)

  1. gun

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of pyššy (type 1/tyttö, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative pyššy pyššyt
genitive pyššyn pyššyjen
partitive pyššyö pyššyjä
illative pyššyh pyššylöih
inessive pyššyššä pyššylöissä
elative pyššyštä pyššylöistä
adessive pyššyllä pyššylöillä
ablative pyššyltä pyššylöiltä
translative pyššykši pyššylöiksi
essive pyššynä pyššylöinä
comitative pyššylöineh
abessive pyššyttä pyššylöittä
Possessive forms of pyššy
1st person pyššyni
2nd person pyššyš
3rd person pyššyh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “ружьё”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN