karjalaini

Karelian

Regional variants of karjalaini
North Karelian
(Viena)
karjalaini
South Karelian
(Tver)
karielane

Etymology

From karjala (Karelian) +‎ -laini. Akin to Finnish karjalainen and Ingrian karjalain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrjɑˌlɑi̯nʲi/
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ja‧lai‧ni

Noun

karjalaini (genitive karjalaisen, partitive karjalaista)

  1. (North Karelian) Karelian (person)

Adjective

karjalaini (genitive karjalaisen, partitive karjalaista)

  1. (North Karelian) Karelian

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of karjalaini (type 15/naini, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative karjalaini karjalaiset
genitive karjalaisen karjalaisien
partitive karjalaista karjalaisie
illative karjalaiseh karjalaisih
inessive karjalaisešša karjalaisissa
elative karjalaisešta karjalaisista
adessive karjalaisella karjalaisilla
ablative karjalaiselta karjalaisilta
translative karjalaisekši karjalaisiksi
essive karjalaisena karjalaisina
comitative karjalaisineh
abessive karjalaisetta karjalaisitta
Possessive forms of karjalaini
1st person karjalaiseni
2nd person karjalaiseš
3rd person karjalaiseh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “карел”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN