vieraš

Karelian

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veeras. Cognates include Finnish vieras and Veps veraz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋie̯rɑʃ/
  • Hyphenation: vie‧raš

Noun

vieraš (genitive vierahan, partitive vierašta)

  1. guest
  2. stranger

Adjective

vieraš (genitive vierahan, partitive vierašta, comparative vierahampi / vierahambi, superlative vierahin)

  1. unfamiliar, foreign

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of vieraš (type 18/vieraš, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vieraš vierahat
genitive vierahan vierahien
partitive vierašta vierahie
illative vierahah vierahih
inessive vierahašša vierahissa
elative vierahašta vierahista
adessive vierahalla vierahilla
ablative vierahalta vierahilta
translative vierahakši vierahiksi
essive vierahana vierahina
comitative vierahineh
abessive vierahatta vierahitta
Tver Karelian declension of vieraš (type 18/vieraš, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vieraš vierahat
genitive vierahan vierahien
partitive vierašta vierahie
illative vierahah vierahih
inessive vierahašša vierahissa
elative vierahašta vierahista
adessive vierahalla vierahilla
ablative vierahalda vierahilda
translative vierahakši vierahiksi
essive vierahana vierahina
comitative vierahanke vierahinke
abessive vierahatta vierahitta
Possessive forms of vieraš
1st person vierahani
2nd person vierahaš
3rd person vierahah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “vieraš”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “vieras”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “vieras”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN