niegla

Karelian

Regional variants of niegla

North Karelian (Viena)	niekla
South Karelian (Tver)	niegla

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nëkla. Cognates include Finnish neula and Estonian nõel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʲie̯ɡlɑ/
• Hyphenation: nieg‧la

Noun

niegla (genitive nieglan, partitive nieglua)

1. (South Karelian) needle

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of niegla (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	niegla	nieglat
genitive	nieglan	niegloin
partitive	nieglua	niegloida
illative	nieglah	niegloih
inessive	nieglašša	niegloissa
elative	nieglašta	niegloista
adessive	nieglalla	niegloilla
ablative	nieglalda	niegloilda
translative	nieglakši	niegloiksi
essive	nieglana	niegloina
comitative	nieglanke	niegloinke
abessive	nieglatta	niegloitta

Possessive forms of niegla
1st person	nieglani
2nd person	nieglaš
3rd person	nieglah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “n'iegla”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN