lakši
Karelian
[edit]| North Karelian (Viena) |
lakši |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
lakši |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *lakci. Cognates include Finnish lahti and Veps laht.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lakši (genitive lahen, partitive lahta)
- (North Karelian or dialectal) bay, gulf
Declension
[edit]| Viena Karelian declension of lakši (irregular, t- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lakši | lahet | |
| genitive | lahen | lahtien | |
| partitive | lahta | lahtija | |
| illative | lahteh | lahtiloih | |
| inessive | lahešša | lahtiloissa | |
| elative | lahešta | lahtiloista | |
| adessive | lahella | lahtiloilla | |
| ablative | lahelta | lahtiloilta | |
| translative | lahekši | lahtiloiksi | |
| essive | lahtena | lahtiloina | |
| comitative | — | lahtiloineh | |
| abessive | lahetta | lahtiloitta | |
| Tver Karelian declension of lakši (irregular, t- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lakši | lahet | |
| genitive | lahen | lahtloin | |
| partitive | lahta | lahtiloih | |
| illative | lahteh | lahtiloida | |
| inessive | lahešša | lahtiloissa | |
| elative | lahešta | lahtiloista | |
| adessive | lahella | lahtiloilla | |
| ablative | lahelda | lahtiloilta | |
| translative | lahekši | lahtiloiksi | |
| essive | lahtena | lahtiloina | |
| comitative | lahenke | lahtiloinke | |
| abessive | lahetta | lahtiloitta | |
| Possessive forms of lakši | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | lahteni | |
| 2nd person | lahteš | |
| 3rd person | lahteh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “laksi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “lakši”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN