Karelian edit

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

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *icek. Cognates include Finnish itse and Estonian ise.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈit͡ʃe/
  • Hyphenation: i‧če

Pronoun edit

iče

  1. Used to emphasise the subject of the sentense; self, oneself

Declension edit

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Possessive forms of iče
1st person iččeni
2nd person iččeš
3rd person iččeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References edit

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “iče”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “iče”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN