eepossa

Karelian

Regional variants of eepossa
North Karelian
(Viena)
eepossa
South Karelian
(Tver)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian эпос (epos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːposːɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ee‧pos‧sa

Noun

eepossa (genitive eepossan, partitive eepossua)

  1. (North Karelian) epic

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of eepossa (type 4/kala, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative eepossa eepossat
genitive eepossan eepossojen
partitive eepossua eepossoja
illative eepossah eepossoih
inessive eepossašša eepossoissa
elative eepossašta eepossoista
adessive eepossalla eepossoilla
ablative eepossalta eepossoilta
translative eepossakši eepossoiksi
essive eepossana eepossoina
comitative eepossoineh
abessive eepossatta eepossoitta
prolative
instructive eepossoin
Possessive forms of eepossa
1st person eepossani
2nd person eepossaš
3rd person eepossah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “эпос”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN, page 354