allaš

Karelian

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *aldas. Cognates include Finnish allas and Ingrian allas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlːɑʃ/
  • Hyphenation: al‧laš

Noun

allaš (genitive altahan, partitive allašta)

  1. (North Karelian or dialectal) trough

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of allaš (type 18/vieraš, lt-ll gradation)
singular plural
nominative allaš altahat
genitive altahan altahien
partitive allašta altahie
illative altahah altahih
inessive altahašša altahissa
elative altahašta altahista
adessive altahalla altahilla
ablative altahalta altahilta
translative altahakši altahiksi
essive altahana altahina
comitative altahineh
abessive altahatta altahitta
Tver Karelian declension of allaš (type 18/vieraš, ld-ll gradation)
singular plural
nominative allaš aldahat
genitive aldahan aldahien
partitive allašta aldahie
illative aldahah aldahih
inessive aldahašša aldahissa
elative aldahašta aldahista
adessive aldahalla aldahilla
ablative aldahalda aldahilda
translative aldahakši aldahiksi
essive aldahana aldahina
comitative aldahanke aldahinke
abessive aldahatta aldahitta
Viena Karelian possessive forms of allaš
1st person altahani
2nd person altahaš
3rd person altahah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.
Tver Karelian possessive forms of allaš
1st person aldahani
2nd person aldahaš
3rd person aldahah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “allaš”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “allas”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN