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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nerkka
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic [Term?].
Adjective
*nerkka
- weak, feeble, frail
Inflection
Inflection of *nerkka
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *nerkka | *nerk'at | |
accusative | *nerk'an | *nerk'at | |
genitive | *nerk'an | *nerkkaden *nerkkoiden | |
partitive | *nerkkada | *nerkkoida | |
inessive | *nerk'assa | *nerk'oissa | |
elative | *nerk'asta | *nerk'oista | |
illative | *nerkkahen | *nerkkoihen | |
adessive | *nerk'alla | *nerk'oilla | |
ablative | *nerk'alta | *nerk'oilta | |
allative | *nerkkalen | *nerkkoilen | |
essive | *nerkkana | *nerkkoina | |
translative | *nerk'aksi | *nerk'oiksi | |
instructive | *nerk'an | *nerk'oin | |
comitative | *nerkkanek | *nerkkoinek | |
abessive | *nerk'akta | *nerk'oikta |
Descendants
- Estonian: nõrk
- Finnish: (dialectal) nerkko, nerko
- Livonian: nȭrka
- Võro: nõrk
- Votic: nõrkka ?
Further reading
- nõrk in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN