See also: härja

EstonianEdit

NounEdit

harja

  1. genitive singular of hari
  2. partitive singular of hari
  3. illative singular of hari

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *harja (compare Estonian hari, Karelian harja, Livvi harju), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian šerys).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑrjɑ/, [ˈhɑrjɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrjɑ
  • Syllabification(key): har‧ja

NounEdit

harja

  1. brush (implement consisting of multiple bristles or other filaments)
  2. brush (piece of conductive material, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine)
  3. mane (longer hair growth e.g. on back of neck of a horse or around head of a male lion)
  4. crest (tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head)
  5. crest (upper curve of a horse's neck)
  6. crest (ridge or top of a wave)
  7. crest, chine (summit of a hill or mountain ridge)
  8. arête (sharp edge of a mountain ridge)
  9. ridge (highest point on a roof)
  10. (curling) broom, sweeper (implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of harja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative harja harjat
genitive harjan harjojen
partitive harjaa harjoja
illative harjaan harjoihin
singular plural
nominative harja harjat
accusative nom. harja harjat
gen. harjan
genitive harjan harjojen
harjainrare
partitive harjaa harjoja
inessive harjassa harjoissa
elative harjasta harjoista
illative harjaan harjoihin
adessive harjalla harjoilla
ablative harjalta harjoilta
allative harjalle harjoille
essive harjana harjoina
translative harjaksi harjoiksi
instructive harjoin
abessive harjatta harjoitta
comitative harjoineen
Possessive forms of harja (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person harjani harjamme
2nd person harjasi harjanne
3rd person harjansa

SynonymsEdit

  • (brush, as implement): suka
  • (fleshy growth): heltta (a flexible one, such)

Derived termsEdit

CompoundsEdit

IngrianEdit

 
Hepoisel ono vaalia harja (1).
 
Kukol ono punain harja (2).

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *harja. Cognates include Finnish harja and Estonian hari.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

harja

  1. mane
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, N. J. Molotsova, transl., Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 52:
      Kullileva imikost erittäijää sil, jot kulliil ono suur harja.
      The male lion differs from the female in that the male has a large mane.
  2. comb, crest
  3. brush (instrument)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of harja (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative harja harjat
genitive harjan harjoin
partitive harjaa harjoja
illative harjaa harjoi
inessive harjaas harjois
elative harjast harjoist
allative harjalle harjoille
adessive harjaal harjoil
ablative harjalt harjoilt
translative harjaks harjoiks
essive harjanna, harjaan harjoinna, harjoin
exessive1) harjant harjoint
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.

ReferencesEdit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 46

Proto-NorseEdit

RomanizationEdit

harja

  1. Romanization of ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ