kerroš

See also: kerros

Karelian

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

Etymology

Cognate with Finnish kerros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkerːoʃ/
  • Hyphenation: ker‧roš

Noun

kerroš (genitive kerrokšen, partitive kerrošta)

  1. layer
  2. (North Karelian) floor, storey
  3. (South Karelian) outfit (combination of clothing)

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kerroš (type 16/kiitoš, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kerroš kerrokšet
genitive kerrokšen kerrokšien
partitive kerrošta kerrokšie
illative kerrokšeh kerrokših
inessive kerrokšešša kerrokšissa
elative kerrokšešta kerrokšista
adessive kerrokšella kerrokšilla
ablative kerrokšelta kerrokšilta
translative kerrokšekši kerrokšiksi
essive kerrokšena kerrokšina
comitative kerrokšineh
abessive kerrokšetta kerrokšitta
prolative kerrokšičči
instructive kerrokšin
Tver Karelian declension of kerroš (type 16/kiitoš, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kerroš kerrokšet
genitive kerrokšen kerrokšien
partitive kerrošta kerrokšie
illative kerrokšeh kerrokših
inessive kerrokšešša kerrokšissa
elative kerrokšešta kerrokšista
adessive kerrokšella kerrokšilla
ablative kerrokšelda kerrokšilda
translative kerrokšekši kerrokšiksi
essive kerrokšena kerrokšina
comitative kerrokšenke kerrokšinke
abessive kerrokšetta kerrokšitta
prolative kerrokšečči kerrokšičči
instructive kerrokšin
Possessive forms of kerroš
1st person kerrokšeni
2nd person kerrokšeš
3rd person kerrokšeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “kerros”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 52
  • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “kerros”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN