Hospoti

Karelian

Regional variants of Hospoti
North Karelian
(Viena)
Hospoti
South Karelian
(Tver)
Hospodi

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Господь (Gospodʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhospotʲi/
  • Hyphenation: Hos‧po‧ti

Proper noun

Hospoti (genitive Hospotin, partitive Hospotie)

  1. (North Karelian) God, the Lord

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of Hospoti (type 2/risti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Hospoti
genitive Hospotin
partitive Hospotie
illative Hospotih
inessive Hospotissa
elative Hospotista
adessive Hospotilla
ablative Hospotilta
translative Hospotiksi
essive Hospotina
comitative
abessive Hospotitta
prolative
instructive
Possessive forms of Hospoti
1st person Hospotini
2nd person Hospotis
3rd person Hospotih
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “Hospoti”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 31
  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “hospoti”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN