lakši

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Karelian

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Regional variants of lakši
North Karelian
(Viena)
lakši
South Karelian
(Tver)
lakši

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lakci. Cognates include Finnish lahti and Veps laht.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑkʃi/
  • Hyphenation: lak‧ši

Noun

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lakši (genitive lahen, partitive lahta)

  1. (North Karelian or dialectal) bay, gulf

Declension

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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

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References

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  • 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