leskinain

Ingrian

Etymology

From leski (“widow”) +‎ nain (“wife”). Akin to Finnish leskinainen.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈleskiˌnɑi̯ne/, [ˈlʲe̞s̠kĭˌnɑi̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈleskiˌnɑi̯n/, [ˈle̞ʃkiˌnɑi̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯n
• Hyphenation: les‧ki‧nain

Noun

leskinain

1. widow (wife whose husband passed away)

Declension

Declension of leskinain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	leskinain	leskinaiset
genitive	leskinaisen	leskinaisiin
partitive	leskinaista, leskinaist	leskinaisia
illative	leskinaisee	leskinaisii
inessive	leskinaisees	leskinaisiis
elative	leskinaisest	leskinaisist
allative	leskinaiselle	leskinaisille
adessive	leskinaiseel	leskinaisiil
ablative	leskinaiselt	leskinaisilt
translative	leskinaiseks	leskinaisiks
essive	leskinaisenna, leskinaiseen	leskinaisinna, leskinaisiin
exessive1)	leskinaisent	leskinaisint
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.

Hypernyms

• leski (“widow; widower”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 261