Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

From köyhä (poor) +‎ -ys. Akin to Finnish köyhyys.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

köyhys (uncountable)

  1. poverty

Declension edit

Declension of köyhys (type 2/oikehus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative köyhys
genitive köyhyen
partitive köyhyttä
illative köyhyee
inessive köyhyees
elative köyhyest
allative köyhyelle
adessive köyhyeel
ablative köyhyelt
translative köyhyeks
essive köyhyennä, köyhyeen
exessive1) köyhyent
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References edit

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 57
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 240