karjalain
Ingrian
Etymology
Equivalent to karjala (“Karelians”) + -lain. Akin to Finnish karjalainen and Estonian karjalane.
Pronunciation
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑrjɑlɑi̯n/
- Hyphenation: kar‧ja‧lain
Noun
karjalain (genitive karjalaisen, partitive karjalaista)
- Karelian (person of Karelian ethnicity)
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
- Osa iƶoroist veel nytkii kutsuu itsiätä karjalaisiks.
- Some Ingrians even now still call themselves Karelians.
- (dated, rare) Ingrian (person of Ingrian ethnicity)
Declension
| Declension of karjalain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | karjalain | karjalaiset |
| genitive | karjalaisen | karjalaisiin |
| partitive | karjalaista karjalaist | karjalaisia |
| illative | karjalaisee | karjalaisii |
| inessive | karjalaisees | karjalaisiis |
| elative | karjalaisest | karjalaisist |
| allative | karjalaiselle | karjalaisille |
| adessive | karjalaiseel | karjalaisiil |
| ablative | karjalaiselt | karjalaisilt |
| translative | karjalaiseks | karjalaisiks |
| essive | karjalaisenna karjalaiseen | karjalaisinna karjalaisiin |
| exessive1) | karjalaisent | karjalaisint |
| 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. | ||
Synonyms
- (Ingrian): ižoralain
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 137