Kannanlakši
Karelian edit
| North Karelian (Viena) |
Kannanlakši |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
— |
Etymology edit
From kannan (“of a heel”) + lakši (“bay”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kannanlakši (genitive Kannanlahen, partitive Kannanlahta)
- (North Karelian) Kandalaksha (a town in the Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia)
- 1950, M. P. Lesonen, “Chapter 40.”, in V. Y. Evseeva, editor, Карельские эпические песни [Karelian epic songs][1], page 96, lines 24-25:
- Šituo merenšivun, // Kannonlahta kaunistua;
- To forge the seaside, // To beautify Kandalaksha;
Declension edit
| Viena Karelian declension of Kannanlakši (irregular, t- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kannanlakši | — | |
| genitive | Kannanlahen | — | |
| partitive | Kannanlahta | — | |
| illative | Kannanlahtih | — | |
| inessive | Kannanlahešša | — | |
| elative | Kannanlahešta | — | |
| adessive | Kannanlahella | — | |
| ablative | Kannanlahelta | — | |
| translative | Kannanlahekši | — | |
| essive | Kannanlahtina | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| abessive | Kannanlahetta | — | |
| Possessive forms of Kannanlakši | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | Kannanlakšeni | |
| 2nd person | Kannanlakšeš | |
| 3rd person | Kannanlakšeh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||