arhelei

Karelian

Regional variants of arhelei

North Karelian (Viena)	arhelei
South Karelian (Tver)	arhelei

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian архиерей (arxijerej).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrhelʲei̯/
• Hyphenation: ar‧he‧lei

Noun

arhelei (genitive arhelein, partitive arheleita / arheleida)

1. Orthodox bishop

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of arhelei (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	arhelei	arheleit
genitive	arhelein	arheliijen
partitive	arheleita	arheliita
illative	arheleih	arheliih
inessive	arheleissa	arheliissa
elative	arheleista	arheliista
adessive	arheleilla	arheliilla
ablative	arheleilta	arheliilta
translative	arheleiksi	arheliiksi
essive	arheleina	arheliina
comitative	—	arheliineh
abessive	arheleitta	arheliitta

Tver Karelian declension of arhelei (type 6/pimie, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	arhelei	arheleit
genitive	arhelein	arheliin
partitive	arheleida	arheliida
illative	arheleih	arheliih
inessive	arheleissa	arheliissa
elative	arheleista	arheliista
adessive	arheleilla	arheliilla
ablative	arheleilda	arheliilda
translative	arheleiksi	arheliiksi
essive	arheleina	arheliina
comitative	arheleinke	arheliinke
abessive	arheleitta	arheliitta

Possessive forms of arhelei
1st person	arheleini
2nd person	arheleis
3rd person	arheleih
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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