krečču

Karelian

Regional variants of krečču

North Karelian (Viena)	krečču
South Karelian (Tver)	greču

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian греча (greča).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkret͡ʃːu/
• Hyphenation: kreč‧ču

Noun

krečču (genitive krečun, partitive kreččuo)

1. (North Karelian) buckwheat

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of krečču (type 1/tyttö, čč-č gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	krečču	krečut
genitive	krečun	kreččujen
partitive	kreččuo	kreččuja
illative	kreččuh	kreččuloih
inessive	krečušša	kreččuloissa
elative	krečušta	kreččuloista
adessive	krečulla	kreččuloilla
ablative	krečulta	kreččuloilta
translative	krečukši	kreččuloiksi
essive	kreččuna	kreččuloina
comitative	—	kreččuloineh
abessive	krečutta	kreččuloitta

Possessive forms of krečču
1st person	kreččuni
2nd person	kreččuš
3rd person	kreččuh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “гречиха”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN