niegla

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Karelian[edit]

Regional variants of niegla
North Karelian
(Viena)
niekla
South Karelian
(Tver)
niegla

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *nëkla. Cognates include Finnish neula and Estonian nõel.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈnʲie̯ɡlɑ/
  • Hyphenation: nieg‧la

Noun[edit]

niegla (genitive nieglan, partitive nieglua)

  1. (South Karelian) needle

Declension[edit]

Tver Karelian declension of niegla (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative niegla nieglat
genitive nieglan niegloin
partitive nieglua niegloida
illative nieglah niegloih
inessive nieglašša niegloissa
elative nieglašta niegloista
adessive nieglalla niegloilla
ablative nieglalda niegloilda
translative nieglakši niegloiksi
essive nieglana niegloina
comitative nieglanke niegloinke
abessive nieglatta niegloitta
Possessive forms of niegla
1st person nieglani
2nd person nieglaš
3rd person nieglah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References[edit]

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “n'iegla”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN