fonari

Ingrian

Fonari.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фонарь (fonarʹ).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈfonɑri/, [ˈfo̞nɑrʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈfonɑːri/, [ˈfo̞nˑɑːri]
• Rhymes: -onɑrʲ, -onɑːri
• Hyphenation: fo‧na‧ri

Noun

fonari

1. streetlight, lantern
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 49:

     Illaal fonarit pallaat.

     In the evening the streetlights shine.

Declension

Declension of fonari (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	fonari	fonarit
genitive	fonarin	fonariin, fonariloin
partitive	fonaria	fonarija, fonariloja
illative	fonarii	fonarii, fonariloihe
inessive	fonariis	fonariis, fonarilois
elative	fonarist	fonariist, fonariloist
allative	fonarille	fonariille, fonariloille
adessive	fonariil	fonariil, fonariloil
ablative	fonarilt	fonariilt, fonariloilt
translative	fonariks	fonariiks, fonariloiks
essive	fonarinna, fonariin	fonariinna, fonariloinna, fonariin, fonariloin
exessive1)	fonarint	fonariint, fonariloint
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.