Ingrian

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Etymology

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From savi (clay) +‎ -kas.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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savekas

  1. clayey (containing clay)

Declension

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Declension of savekas (type 2/patsas, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative savekas savekkaat
genitive savekkaan savekkain
partitive savekasta, savekast savekkaita, savekkaja
illative savekkaasse savekkaisse
inessive savekkaas savekkais
elative savekkaast savekkaist
allative savekkaalle savekkaille
adessive savekkaal savekkail
ablative savekkaalt savekkailt
translative savekkaaks savekkaiks
essive savekkaanna, savekkaan savekkainna, savekkain
exessive1) savekkaant savekkaint
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.

References

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  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 509