kerppu
Finnish
Noun
kerppu
- branch of a tree or shrub, dried and used to feed livestock during winter
- a quantity unit used of lampreys; a bunch of 30 lampreys + one used for tying the bunch together
Declension
Inflection of kerppu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | |||
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nominative | kerppu | kerput | |
genitive | kerpun | kerppujen | |
partitive | kerppua | kerppuja | |
illative | kerppuun | kerppuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kerppu | kerput | |
accusative | nom. | kerppu | kerput |
gen. | kerpun | ||
genitive | kerpun | kerppujen | |
partitive | kerppua | kerppuja | |
inessive | kerpussa | kerpuissa | |
elative | kerpusta | kerpuista | |
illative | kerppuun | kerppuihin | |
adessive | kerpulla | kerpuilla | |
ablative | kerpulta | kerpuilta | |
allative | kerpulle | kerpuille | |
essive | kerppuna | kerppuina | |
translative | kerpuksi | kerpuiksi | |
abessive | kerputta | kerpuitta | |
instructive | — | kerpuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Karelian
North Karelian (Viena) |
kerppu |
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South Karelian (Tver) |
— |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kerppu (genitive kerpun, partitive kerppuo)
Declension
Viena Karelian declension of kerppu (type 1/tyttö, pp-p gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kerppu | kerput | |
genitive | kerpun | kerppujen | |
partitive | kerppuo | kerppuja | |
illative | kerppuh | kerppuloih | |
inessive | kerpušša | kerppuloissa | |
elative | kerpušta | kerppuloista | |
adessive | kerpulla | kerppuloilla | |
ablative | kerpulta | kerppuloilta | |
translative | kerpukši | kerppuloiksi | |
essive | kerppuna | kerppuloina | |
comitative | — | kerppuloineh | |
abessive | kerputta | kerppuloitta |
Possessive forms of kerppu | ||
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1st person | kerppuni | |
2nd person | kerppuš | |
3rd person | kerppuh | |
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. |
References
- P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN, page 9