Karelian edit

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

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈimɑdrɑ/
  • Hyphenation: i‧mad‧ra

Noun edit

imadra (genitive imadran, partitive imadrua)

  1. (South Karelian) common polypody

Declension edit

Tver Karelian declension of imadra (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative imadra imadrat
genitive imadran imadroin
partitive imadrua imadroida
illative imadrah imadroih
inessive imadrašša imadroissa
elative imadrašta imadroista
adessive imadralla imadroilla
ablative imadralda imadroilda
translative imadrakši imadroiksi
essive imadrana imadroina
comitative imadranke imadroinke
abessive imadratta imadroitta
Possessive forms of imadra
1st person imadrani
2nd person imadraš
3rd person imadrah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References edit

  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “imatra”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN