Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/apara

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *afaraz (whence Old Norse afr).

Noun

*apara (Northern Finnic)

1. dregs (settled sediment of beer)

   Synonym: *rapa

Inflection

Inflection of *apara

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*apara	*aparat
accusative		*aparan	*aparat
genitive		*aparan	*aparadën *aparoidën
partitive		*aparata	*aparoita
inessive		*aparassa *aparahna	*aparoissa *aparoihna
elative		*aparasta	*aparoista
illative		*aparasën	*aparoisën
adessive		*aparalla	*aparoilla
ablative		*aparalta	*aparoilta
allative		*aparalën *aparalëk	*aparoilën *aparoilëk
essive		*aparana	*aparoina
translative		*aparaksi	*aparoiksi
instructive		*aparan	*aparoin
comitative		*aparanëk	*aparoinëk
abessive		*aparatta	*aparoitta

Related terms

• *äpärä

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) apara
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: apara
  • South Karelian: abara
• Livvi: abar
• Ludian: apar
• Veps: apar

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “apara”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN