ruočči
Karelian edit
| North Karelian (Viena) |
ruočči |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
ruočči |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *roocci. Cognates include Finnish ruotsi and Estonian roots.
The original sense was restricted to Germanic people, but over time the focus shifted from ethnicity to religion, at which point the word started being used to also describe the Lutheran Finns.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ruočči (genitive ruočin, partitive ruoččie)
- Swedish language
- (rare) Synonym of ruoččilaini/ruoččilaine (“Swede”)
- (South Karelian) Short for ruoččiheinä (“thistle”).
- (dated, often derogatory) Synonym of šuomi (“Finnish”)
- (ethnic slur, often derogatory) Synonym of šuomelaini/šuomelaine (“Finn”)
Declension edit
| Viena Karelian declension of ruočči (type 3/ovi, čč-č gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ruočči | ruočet | |
| genitive | ruočen | ruoččien | |
| partitive | ruoččie | ruoččija | |
| illative | ruoččih | ruoččiloih | |
| inessive | ruočešša | ruoččiloissa | |
| elative | ruočešta | ruoččiloista | |
| adessive | ruočella | ruoččiloilla | |
| ablative | ruočelta | ruoččiloilta | |
| translative | ruočekši | ruoččiloiksi | |
| essive | ruoččina | ruoččiloina | |
| comitative | — | ruoččiloineh | |
| abessive | ruočetta | ruoččiloitta | |
| Tver Karelian declension of ruočči (type 3/ovi, čč-č gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ruočči | ruočet | |
| genitive | ruočen | ruoččiloin | |
| partitive | ruoččie | ruoččiloida | |
| illative | ruoččih | ruoččiloih | |
| inessive | ruočešša | ruoččiloissa | |
| elative | ruočešta | ruoččiloista | |
| adessive | ruočella | ruoččiloilla | |
| ablative | ruočelda | ruoččiloilda | |
| translative | ruočekši | ruoččiloiksi | |
| essive | ruoččina | ruoččiloina | |
| comitative | ruočenke | ruoččiloinke | |
| abessive | ruočetta | ruoččiloitta | |
| Possessive forms of ruočči | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ruoččeni | |
| 2nd person | ruoččeš | |
| 3rd person | ruoččeh | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
Derived terms edit
References edit
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “ruočči”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “ruottši”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
- P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
Livvi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *roocci, from Old East Norse (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more).
Noun edit
ruočči
- the Swedish language
- (ethnic slur, often derogatory) Synonym of suomelaine (“Finn”)
- (outdated, often derogatory) Synonym of suomi (“Finnish”)
Synonyms edit
- (Swedish): svinskoi