tsirkka
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Ingrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian цирк (cirk).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sirkːɑ/, [ˈt͡s̠irkː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sirkːɑ/, [ˈt͡sirkːɑ]
- Rhymes: -irkː, -irkːɑ
- Hyphenation: tsirk‧ka
Noun[edit]
tsirkka
- circus
- 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 80:
- Mitä seel çirkaas opetetut hepoiset takajaloil tantsiit!
- How are the horses taught there, in the circus, dancing on their hind legs!
Declension[edit]
| Declension of tsirkka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tsirkka | tsirkat |
| genitive | tsirkan | tsirkkoin |
| partitive | tsirkkaa | tsirkkoja |
| illative | tsirkkaa | tsirkkoi |
| inessive | tsirkaas | tsirkois |
| elative | tsirkast | tsirkoist |
| allative | tsirkalle | tsirkoille |
| adessive | tsirkaal | tsirkoil |
| ablative | tsirkalt | tsirkoilt |
| translative | tsirkaks | tsirkoiks |
| essive | tsirkkanna, tsirkkaan | tsirkkoinna, tsirkkoin |
| exessive1) | tsirkkant | tsirkkoint |
| 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. | ||