smeja

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Karelian

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Regional variants of smeja
North Karelian
(Viena)
smeja
South Karelian
(Tver)
zmeja

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian змея (zmeja).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsmejɑ/
  • Hyphenation: sme‧ja

Noun

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smeja (genitive smejan, partitive smejua)

  1. (North Karelian, dialectal) Synonym of kiärmis (snake)

Declension

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Viena Karelian declension of smeja (type 4/kala, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative smeja smejat
genitive smejan smejojen
partitive smejua smejoja
illative smejah smejoih
inessive smejašša smejoissa
elative smejašta smejoista
adessive smejalla smejoilla
ablative smejalta smejoilta
translative smejakši smejoiksi
essive smejana smejoina
comitative smejoineh
abessive smejatta smejoitta
Possessive forms of smeja
1st person smejani
2nd person smejaš
3rd person smejah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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