niegla
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) | niekla |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) | niegla |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *nekla. Cognates include Finnish neula and Estonian nõel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnʲie̯ɡlɑ/
- Hyphenation: nieg‧la
Noun
niegla (genitive nieglan, partitive nieglua)
- (South Karelian) needle
Declension
| Tver Karelian declension of niegla (type 4/kala no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | niegla | nieglat | |
| genitive | nieglan | niegloin | |
| partitive | nieglua | niegloida | |
| illative | nieglah | niegloih | |
| inessive | nieglašša | niegloissa | |
| elative | nieglašta | niegloista | |
| adessive | nieglalla | niegloilla | |
| ablative | nieglalda | niegloilda | |
| translative | nieglakši | niegloiksi | |
| essive | nieglana | niegloina | |
| comitative | nieglanke | niegloinke | |
| comitative | nieglatta | niegloitta | |
| Possessive forms of niegla | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | nieglani | |
| 2nd person | nieglaš | |
| 3rd person | nieglah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994), “n'iegla”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN