kärppä
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *kärppä (compare Estonian kärp, Livonian kǟrpa (“polecat”), Votic tšärppe), of unknown further origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kärppä
- stoat, short-tailed weasel; ermine (especially in the white winter coat), Mustela erminea
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kärppä (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation) | |||
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nominative | kärppä | kärpät | |
genitive | kärpän | kärppien | |
partitive | kärppää | kärppiä | |
illative | kärppään | kärppiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kärppä | kärpät | |
accusative | nom. | kärppä | kärpät |
gen. | kärpän | ||
genitive | kärpän | kärppien kärppäinrare | |
partitive | kärppää | kärppiä | |
inessive | kärpässä | kärpissä | |
elative | kärpästä | kärpistä | |
illative | kärppään | kärppiin | |
adessive | kärpällä | kärpillä | |
ablative | kärpältä | kärpiltä | |
allative | kärpälle | kärpille | |
essive | kärppänä | kärppinä | |
translative | kärpäksi | kärpiksi | |
instructive | — | kärpin | |
abessive | kärpättä | kärpittä | |
comitative | — | kärppineen |
Possessive forms of kärppä (type koira) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | kärppäni | kärppämme |
2nd person | kärppäsi | kärppänne |
3rd person | kärppänsä |
Synonyms[edit]
- (rare) portimo
Derived terms[edit]
Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *kärppä. Cognates include Finnish kärppä and Estonian kärp.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkærpːæ/, [ˈkærpː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkærpːæ/, [ˈkærpːæ]
- Rhymes: -ærpːæ
- Hyphenation: kärp‧pä
Noun[edit]
kärppä
- stoat, ermine (Mustela erminea)
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 135:
- Aitan al ellää kärppä.
- Under the storehouse lives a stoat.
Declension[edit]
Declension of kärppä (type 3/koira, pp-p gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kärppä | kärpät |
genitive | kärpän | kärppiin |
partitive | kärppää | kärppiä |
illative | kärppää | kärppii |
inessive | kärpääs | kärpiis |
elative | kärpäst | kärpist |
allative | kärpälle | kärpille |
adessive | kärpääl | kärpiil |
ablative | kärpält | kärpilt |
translative | kärpäks | kärpiks |
essive | kärppännä, kärppään | kärppinnä, kärppiin |
exessive1) | kärppänt | kärppint |
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[edit]
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 118
Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ærpːæ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ærpːæ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish koira-type nominals
- fi:Mustelids
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ærpːæ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ærpːæ/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Ingrian terms with quotations
- izh:Mustelids