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poloin

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From polo (poor) +‎ -in. Akin to Finnish poloinen.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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poloin (comparative poloisemp)

  1. poor, pitiful
    • 1916, Volmari Porkka, quoting Oksenia, “1502. Soikkola, Tarinaisi. III 372.”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot[1], volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 29-30:
      Nii itin miä polloin, // Itin joka roholle.
      So I cried, the pitiful one, // I cried to each grass.

Declension

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Declension of poloin (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative poloin poloiset
genitive poloisen poloisiin
partitive poloista, poloist poloisia
illative poloisee poloisii
inessive poloisees poloisiis
elative poloisest poloisist
allative poloiselle poloisille
adessive poloiseel poloisiil
ablative poloiselt poloisilt
translative poloiseks poloisiks
essive poloisenna, poloiseen poloisinna, poloisiin
exessive1) poloisent poloisint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.