saarelain
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *saarëlainën, equivalent to saari (“island”) + -lain. Cognates include Finnish saarelainen and Estonian saarlane.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsɑːrelɑi̯ne/, [ˈs̠ɑːrəɫəi̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsɑːrelɑi̯n/, [ˈʃɑːre̞ɫɑi̯n]
- Rhymes: -ɑːrelɑi̯n
- Hyphenation: saa‧re‧lain
Noun
saarelain
- islander
- (historical, specifically) Any member of the native populations of the islands in the Gulf of Finland that Izhorians traditionally traded with, including Seskar, Moshchny Island and the Beryozovye Islands.
Declension
| Declension of saarelain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | saarelain | saarelaiset |
| genitive | saarelaisen | saarelaisiin |
| partitive | saarelaista, saarelaist | saarelaisia |
| illative | saarelaisee | saarelaisii |
| inessive | saarelaisees | saarelaisiis |
| elative | saarelaisest | saarelaisist |
| allative | saarelaiselle | saarelaisille |
| adessive | saarelaiseel | saarelaisiil |
| ablative | saarelaiselt | saarelaisilt |
| translative | saarelaiseks | saarelaisiks |
| essive | saarelaisenna, saarelaiseen | saarelaisinna, saarelaisiin |
| exessive1) | saarelaisent | saarelaisint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 512