veičči

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Karelian

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *väicci. Cognates include Finnish veitsi and Veps veič.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋei̯t͡ʃːi/
  • Hyphenation: veič‧či

Noun

veičči (genitive veičen, partitive veištä, diminutive veičyt)

  1. knife

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of veičči (irregular, čč-č gradation)
singular plural
nominative veičči veičet
genitive veičen veiččien
partitive veištä veiččijä
illative veiččeh veiččilöih
inessive veičeššä veiččilöissä
elative veičeštä veiččilöistä
adessive veičellä veiččilöillä
ablative veičeltä veiččilöiltä
translative veičekši veiččilöiksi
essive veiččenä veiččilöinä
comitative — veiččilöineh
abessive veičettä veiččilöittä
Tver Karelian declension of veičči (irregular, čč-č gradation)
singular plural
nominative veičči veičet
genitive veičen veiččilöin
partitive veištä veiččilöida
illative veiččeh veiččilöih
inessive veičeššä veiččilöissä
elative veičeštä veiččilöistä
adessive veičellä veiččilöillä
ablative veičeldä veiččilöildä
translative veičekši veiččilöiksi
essive veiččenä veiččilöinä
comitative veičenke veiččilöinke
abessive veičettä veiččilöittä
Possessive forms of veičči
1st person veiččeni
2nd person veiččeš
3rd person veiččeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “veičči”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “veičči”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
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