imadra

Karelian

Regional variants of imadra

North Karelian (Viena)	—
South Karelian (Tver)	imadra

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimɑdrɑ/
• Hyphenation: i‧mad‧ra

Noun

imadra (genitive imadran, partitive imadrua)

1. (South Karelian) common polypody

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of imadra (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	imadra	imadrat
genitive	imadran	imadroin
partitive	imadrua	imadroida
illative	imadrah	imadroih
inessive	imadrašša	imadroissa
elative	imadrašta	imadroista
adessive	imadralla	imadroilla
ablative	imadralda	imadroilda
translative	imadrakši	imadroiksi
essive	imadrana	imadroina
comitative	imadranke	imadroinke
abessive	imadratta	imadroitta

Possessive forms of imadra
1st person	imadrani
2nd person	imadraš
3rd person	imadrah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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