Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian воздух (vozdux).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vozduha (uncountable)

  1. air
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Möö noisemma tiijustammaa maata, vettä, vozduhaa, möö noisemma tiijustammaa kasvoja, elokkaja, inmihist.
      We are going to study the earth, water, air, we are going to study plants, animals, the human.

Declension edit

Declension of vozduha (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vozduha
genitive vozduhan
partitive vozduhaa
illative vozduhaa
inessive vozduhaas
elative vozduhast
allative vozduhalle
adessive vozduhaal
ablative vozduhalt
translative vozduhaks
essive vozduhanna, vozduhaan
exessive1) vozduhant
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.

Synonyms edit

Karelian edit

Regional variants of vozduha
North Karelian
(Viena)
South Karelian
(Tver)
vozduha

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian воздух (vozdux).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋozduhɑ/
  • Hyphenation: voz‧du‧ha

Noun edit

vozduha (genitive vozduhan, partitive vozduhua)

  1. (South Karelian) air

Declension edit

Tver Karelian declension of vozduha (type 4/kala no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vozduha vozduhat
genitive vozduhan vozduhoin
partitive vozduhua vozduhoida
illative vozduhah vozduhoih
inessive vozduhašša vozduhoissa
elative vozduhašta vozduhoista
adessive vozduhalla vozduhoilla
ablative vozduhalda vozduhoilda
translative vozduhakši vozduhoiksi
essive vozduhana vozduhoina
comitative vozduhanke vozduhoinke
abessive vozduhatta vozduhoitta
Possessive forms of vozduha
1st person vozduhani
2nd person vozduhaš
3rd person vozduhah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms edit

  • (North Karelian) ilma, (South Karelian, dialectal) ilma

References edit

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