noorus

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Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *nooruc, equivalent to noori (young) +‎ -us. Cognates include Finnish nuoruus and Estonian noorus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

noorus (uncountable)

  1. youth (period of life)

Declension[edit]

Declension of noorus (type 2/oikehus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative noorus
genitive nooruen
partitive noorutta
illative nooruee
inessive nooruees
elative nooruest
allative nooruelle
adessive noorueel
ablative nooruelt
translative noorueks
essive nooruenna, noorueen
exessive1) nooruent
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]

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 57
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 348