širkkalo

Karelian

Regional variants of širkkalo
North Karelian
(Viena)
širkkalo
South Karelian
(Tver)
zirkalo

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian зеркало (zerkalo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃirkːɑlo/
  • Hyphenation: širk‧ka‧lo

Noun

širkkalo (genitive širkkalon, partitive širkkaluo)

  1. (North Karelian, dialectal) mirror

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of širkkalo (type 1/tyttö, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative širkkalo širkkalot
genitive širkkalon širkkalojen
partitive širkkaluo širkkaloja
illative širkkaloh širkkaloloih
inessive širkkalošša širkkaloloissa
elative širkkalošta širkkaloloista
adessive širkkalolla širkkaloloilla
ablative širkkalolta širkkaloloilta
translative širkkalokši širkkaloloiksi
essive širkkalona širkkaloloina
comitative širkkaloloineh
abessive širkkalotta širkkaloloitta
prolative
instructive širkkaloloin
Possessive forms of širkkalo
1st person širkkaloni
2nd person širkkaloš
3rd person širkkaloh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

  • (North Karelian or dialectal) peili

References

  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “sirkkalo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN