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==Ingrian==
[[Image:Flickr - Lukjonis - Fly - Lucilia caesar.jpg|thumb|Kärpäin.]]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|izh|urj-fin-pro|*kärpähinen}}. Cognates include {{cog|fi|kärpänen}} and {{cog|et|kärbes}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{izh-p|A=kärpäjne}}

===Noun===
{{head|izh|noun}}

# [[fly]]
#* {{RQ:izh:Oppikirja-1:1936|'''Kärpäin''' lentää. Kurki harkkii.|'''The fly''' flies. The crane paces around.|page=4}}
#* {{RQ:izh:Loonnontiito-2:1937|Toiset parttilois lentelööt '''kärpäisiin''', unilintuloin, sääsköin jälest, kumpia lovviit lennoos.|Others fly in groups after '''flies''', butterflies, mosquitos, which they catch on the fly.|page=44}}

====Declension====
{{izh-decl/kärpäin}}
{{izh-decl-S/kärpäin|p|v}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|izh
|kärpäisen opokka|tupakärpäin}}

===References===
* {{R:izh:Junus:1936|page=51}}
* {{R:izh:Nirvi:1971|page=235}}

{{C|izh|Dipterans}}