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Definition 2025
feresi
feresi
Finnish
A postcard form 1901 displaying a woman in a sarafan
Noun
feresi
- sarafan (long, sleeveless, trapeze-shaped traditional jumper dress worn as Karelian folk costume by women and girls)
Declension
| Inflection of feresi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | feresi | feresit | |
| genitive | feresin | feresien | |
| partitive | feresiä | feresejä | |
| illative | feresiin | fereseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | feresi | feresit | |
| accusative | nom. | feresi | feresit |
| gen. | feresin | ||
| genitive | feresin | feresien | |
| partitive | feresiä | feresejä | |
| inessive | feresissä | fereseissä | |
| elative | feresistä | fereseistä | |
| illative | feresiin | fereseihin | |
| adessive | feresillä | fereseillä | |
| ablative | feresiltä | fereseiltä | |
| allative | feresille | fereseille | |
| essive | feresinä | fereseinä | |
| translative | feresiksi | fereseiksi | |
| instructive | — | feresein | |
| abessive | feresittä | fereseittä | |
| comitative | — | fereseineen | |
Usage notes
- The feresi is essentially the same as the Russian sarafan.
Synonyms
- sarafaani
- siitsa