harakka

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *harakka, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śárˀkāˀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑrɑkːɑ/, [ˈhɑrɑkːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑkːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ha‧rak‧ka

Noun

harakka

1. magpie (bird of the genus Pica)
2. Eurasian magpie, common magpie, magpie, Pica pica

Declension

Inflection of harakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)
nominative		harakka	harakat
genitive		harakan	harakoiden harakoitten harakkojen
partitive		harakkaa	harakoita harakkoja
illative		harakkaan	harakoihin harakkoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		harakka	harakat
accusative	nom.	harakka	harakat
	gen.	harakan
genitive		harakan	harakoiden harakoitten harakkojen harakkainrare
partitive		harakkaa	harakoita harakkoja
inessive		harakassa	harakoissa
elative		harakasta	harakoista
illative		harakkaan	harakoihin harakkoihin
adessive		harakalla	harakoilla
ablative		harakalta	harakoilta
allative		harakalle	harakoille
essive		harakkana	harakkoina
translative		harakaksi	harakoiksi
instructive		—	harakoin
abessive		harakatta	harakoitta
comitative		—	harakkoineen

Possessive forms of harakka (type solakka)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	harakkani	harakkamme
2nd person	harakkasi	harakkanne
3rd person	harakkansa

Compounds

• harakanvarvas
• pyryharakka

Anagrams

• karahka

Ingrian

Harakka.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *harakka, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śárˀkāˀ. Cognates include Finnish harakka and Estonian harakas.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑrɑkːɑ/, [ˈhɑrɑkː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑrɑkːɑ/, [ˈhɑrɑkːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑkː, -ɑrɑkːɑ
• Hyphenation: ha‧rak‧ka

Noun

harakka

1. magpie
   • 1936, V. I. Junus; P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Harakka cakattaa. Koira haukkuu.

     The magpie chatters. The dog barks.

Declension

Declension of harakka (type 3/kana, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	harakka	harakat
genitive	harakan	harakkoin
partitive	harakkaa	harakkoja
illative	harakkaa	harakkoihe
inessive	harakaas	harakois
elative	harakast	harakoist
allative	harakalle	harakoille
adessive	harakaal	harakoil
ablative	harakalt	harakoilt
translative	harakaks	harakoiks
essive	harakkanna, harakkaan	harakkoinna, harakkoin
exessive1)	harakkant	harakkoint
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.

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 45

Karelian

Regional variants of harakka

North Karelian (Viena)	harakka
South Karelian (Tver)	harakka

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *harakka. Cognates include Finnish harakka and Estonian harakas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑrɑkːɑ/
• Hyphenation: ha‧rak‧ka

Noun

harakka (genitive harakan, partitive harakkua)

1. magpie
2. (South Karelian) defect in a cloth

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of harakka (type 4/kala, kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	harakka	harakat
genitive	harakan	harakkojen
partitive	harakkua	harakkoja
illative	harakkah	harakkoih
inessive	harakašša	harakoissa
elative	harakašta	harakoista
adessive	harakalla	harakoilla
ablative	harakalta	harakoilta
translative	harakakši	harakoiksi
essive	harakkana	harakkoina
comitative	—	harakoineh
comitative	harakatta	harakoitta

Tver Karelian declension of harakka (type 4/kala kk-k gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	harakka	harakat
genitive	harakan	harakoin
partitive	harakkua	harakkoida
illative	harakkah	harakkoih
inessive	harakašša	harakoissa
elative	harakašta	harakoista
adessive	harakalla	harakoilla
ablative	harakalda	harakoilda
translative	harakakši	harakoiksi
essive	harakkana	harakkoina
comitative	harakanke	harakoinke
comitative	harakatta	harakoitta

Possessive forms of harakka
1st person	harakkani
2nd person	harakkaš
3rd person	harakkah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994), “harakka”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “сорока”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN