Karjala

See also: karjala

Finnish

Current administrative regions of Karelia

Etymology

karja +‎ -la, most likely in the older (and now obsolete) "army" sense of karja (as borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harjaz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrjɑlɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝rjɑ̝lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrjɑlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Kar‧ja‧la

Proper noun

Karjala

1. Karelia (region shared between Russia and Finland)
2. A former municipality of Varsinais-Suomi, in southwestern Finland.
3. a surname

Usage notes

• The Russian Republic of Karelia is referred to as Karjalan tasavalta in Finnish.

Declension

Inflection of Karjala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Karjala	—
genitive		Karjalan	—
partitive		Karjalaa	—
illative		Karjalaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Karjala	—
accusative	nom.	Karjala	—
	gen.	Karjalan
genitive		Karjalan	—
partitive		Karjalaa	—
inessive		Karjalassa	—
elative		Karjalasta	—
illative		Karjalaan	—
adessive		Karjalalla	—
ablative		Karjalalta	—
allative		Karjalalle	—
essive		Karjalana	—
translative		Karjalaksi	—
abessive		Karjalatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Karjala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Karjalani — accusative nom. Karjalani — gen. Karjalani genitive Karjalani — partitive Karjalaani — inessive Karjalassani — elative Karjalastani — illative Karjalaani — adessive Karjalallani — ablative Karjalaltani — allative Karjalalleni — essive Karjalanani — translative Karjalakseni — abessive Karjalattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Karjalasi — accusative nom. Karjalasi — gen. Karjalasi genitive Karjalasi — partitive Karjalaasi — inessive Karjalassasi — elative Karjalastasi — illative Karjalaasi — adessive Karjalallasi — ablative Karjalaltasi — allative Karjalallesi — essive Karjalanasi — translative Karjalaksesi — abessive Karjalattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Karjalamme — accusative nom. Karjalamme — gen. Karjalamme genitive Karjalamme — partitive Karjalaamme — inessive Karjalassamme — elative Karjalastamme — illative Karjalaamme — adessive Karjalallamme — ablative Karjalaltamme — allative Karjalallemme — essive Karjalanamme — translative Karjalaksemme — abessive Karjalattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Karjalanne — accusative nom. Karjalanne — gen. Karjalanne genitive Karjalanne — partitive Karjalaanne — inessive Karjalassanne — elative Karjalastanne — illative Karjalaanne — adessive Karjalallanne — ablative Karjalaltanne — allative Karjalallenne — essive Karjalananne — translative Karjalaksenne — abessive Karjalattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Karjalansa — accusative nom. Karjalansa — gen. Karjalansa genitive Karjalansa — partitive Karjalaansa — inessive Karjalassaan Karjalassansa — elative Karjalastaan Karjalastansa — illative Karjalaansa — adessive Karjalallaan Karjalallansa — ablative Karjalaltaan Karjalaltansa — allative Karjalalleen Karjalallensa — essive Karjalanaan Karjalanansa — translative Karjalakseen Karjalaksensa — abessive Karjalattaan Karjalattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• Aunuksen Karjala
• aunuksenkarjala
• Etelä-Karjala
• karjala
• karjala-aunus
• Karjalainen
• karjalainen
• karjalaisittain

• karjalaisuus
• karjalaisväestö
• Karjalankannas
• karjalankarhukoira
• karjalanneito

• karjalanpaisti
• karjalanpiirakka
• karjalanpiiras
• karjalantalo
• Karjalan tasavalta
• Laatokan Karjala

• luovutettu Karjala
• Muinais-Karjala
• Pohjois-Karjala
• Raja-Karjala
• Tverin Karjala
• Vienan Karjala

References

• Disambiguation page on Karjala on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi.