smeja
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
smeja |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
zmeja |
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian змея (zmeja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmejɑ/
- Hyphenation: sme‧ja
Noun
smeja (genitive smejan, partitive smejua)
- (North Karelian, dialectal) synonym of kiärmis (“snake”)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of smeja (type 4/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | smeja | smejat | |
| genitive | smejan | smejojen | |
| partitive | smejua | smejoja | |
| illative | smejah | smejoih | |
| inessive | smejašša | smejoissa | |
| elative | smejašta | smejoista | |
| adessive | smejalla | smejoilla | |
| ablative | smejalta | smejoilta | |
| translative | smejakši | smejoiksi | |
| essive | smejana | smejoina | |
| comitative | — | smejoineh | |
| abessive | smejatta | smejoitta | |
| Possessive forms of smeja | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | smejani | |
| 2nd person | smejaš | |
| 3rd person | smejah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||