Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kärpä
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic edit
Etymology edit
Unknown.
Noun edit
*kärpä (Northern Finnic)
Inflection edit
Inflection of *kärpä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kärpä | *kärbät | |
| accusative | *kärbän | *kärbät | |
| genitive | *kärbän | *kärpäden *kärpeiden | |
| partitive | *kärpädä | *kärpeidä | |
| inessive | *kärbässä *kärbähnä |
*kärbeissä *kärbeihnä | |
| elative | *kärbästä | *kärbeistä | |
| illative | *kärpähen | *kärpeihen | |
| adessive | *kärbällä | *kärbeillä | |
| ablative | *kärbältä | *kärbeiltä | |
| allative | *kärpälen *kärpälek |
*kärpeilen *kärpeilek | |
| essive | *kärpänä | *kärpeinä | |
| translative | *kärbäksi | *kärbeiksi | |
| instructive | *kärbän | *kärbein | |
| comitative | *kärpänek | *kärpeinek | |
| abessive | *kärbättä | *kärbeittä | |
Descendants edit
- Finnish: (dialectal) kärpä, ⇒ kärvässä, kärvillään
- Karelian:
- Livvi: kärby
- Veps: kärb