greecina

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Russian гречина (grečina).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɡreːt͡ʃinɑ/, [ˈɡreːt͡ʃĭn]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɡreːt͡ʃinɑ/, [ˈkre̝ːt͡ʃinɑ], /ˈɡreːt͡sinɑ/, [ˈkre̝ːt͡sinɑ]
• Rhymes: -eːt͡ʃin, -eːt͡ʃinɑ, -eːt͡sinɑ
• Hyphenation: gree‧ci‧na

Noun

greecina

1. buckwheat

Declension

Declension of greecina (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	greecina	greecinat
genitive	greecinan	greecinoin
partitive	greecinaa	greecinoja
illative	greecinaa	greecinoihe
inessive	greecinaas	greecinois
elative	greecinast	greecinoist
allative	greecinalle	greecinoille
adessive	greecinaal	greecinoil
ablative	greecinalt	greecinoilt
translative	greecinaks	greecinoiks
essive	greecinanna, greecinaan	greecinoinna, greecinoin
exessive1)	greecinant	greecinoint
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.

Derived terms

• greecinain
• greecinasuurima

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 206