perkeleh

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *perkeleh, from Baltic. Compare Finnish perkele.

Noun

perkeleh (genitive perkelehen, partitive perkelehtä)

  1. devil
    Synonym: piru

Interjection

perkeleh

  1. (vulgar) A swear word.

References

  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “perkeleh”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
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