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Karjala

Karjala

See also: karjala

Finnish

Current administrative regions of Karelia

Proper noun

Karjala

  1. Karelia (region shared between Russia and Finland)
  2. A former municipality in the province of Varsinais-Suomi in SW Finland.
  3. A surname.

Declension

Inflection of Karjala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Karjala
genitive Karjalan
partitive Karjalaa
illative Karjalaan
singular plural
nominative Karjala
accusative nom. Karjala
gen. Karjalan
genitive Karjalan
partitive Karjalaa
inessive Karjalassa
elative Karjalasta
illative Karjalaan
adessive Karjalalla
ablative Karjalalta
allative Karjalalle
essive Karjalana
translative Karjalaksi
instructive
abessive Karjalatta
comitative

Usage notes

Derived terms

  • luovutettu Karjala
  • Muinais-Karjala
  • Pohjois-Karjala
  • Raja-Karjala
  • Tverin Karjala
  • Vienan Karjala

References

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karjala

See also: Karjala

Finnish

Noun

karjala

  1. The Karelian language; a Finno-Ugric language spoken by about 100,000 people in Karelia. It is closely related to Finnish.

Declension

Inflection of karjala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative karjala karjalat
genitive karjalan karjaloiden
karjaloitten
partitive karjalaa karjaloita
illative karjalaan karjaloihin
singular plural
nominative karjala karjalat
accusative nom. karjala karjalat
gen. karjalan
genitive karjalan karjaloiden
karjaloitten
karjalainrare
partitive karjalaa karjaloita
inessive karjalassa karjaloissa
elative karjalasta karjaloista
illative karjalaan karjaloihin
adessive karjalalla karjaloilla
ablative karjalalta karjaloilta
allative karjalalle karjaloille
essive karjalana karjaloina
translative karjalaksi karjaloiksi
instructive karjaloin
abessive karjalatta karjaloitta
comitative karjaloineen

Synonyms

  • karjalan kieli

Related terms

Usage notes

In Karelian, as well as in Finnish, the names of languages are written with a lower case initial.