ilveyš
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
ilveš |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
ilveyš |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *ilbes. Cognates include Finnish ilves and Veps ilʹbez.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈilʋey̯ʃ/
- Hyphenation: il‧veyš
Noun
ilveyš (genitive ilveykšen, partitive ilveyštä)
Declension
| Tver Karelian declension of ilveyš (type 16/kiitoš, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ilveyš | ilveykšet | |
| genitive | ilveykšen | ilveykšien | |
| partitive | ilveyštä | ilveykšie | |
| illative | ilveykšeh | ilveykših | |
| inessive | ilveykšeššä | ilveykšissä | |
| elative | ilveykšeštä | ilveykšistä | |
| adessive | ilveykšellä | ilveykšillä | |
| ablative | ilveykšeldä | ilveykšildä | |
| translative | ilveykšekši | ilveykšiksi | |
| essive | ilveykšenä | ilveykšinä | |
| comitative | ilveykšenke | ilveykšinke | |
| abessive | ilveykšettä | ilveykšittä | |
| prolative | ilveykšečči | ilveykšičči | |
| instructive | — | ilveykšin | |
| Possessive forms of ilveyš | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ilveykšeni | |
| 2nd person | ilveykšeš | |
| 3rd person | ilveykšeh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||