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Karjala
Karjala
See also: karjala
Finnish
Current administrative regions of Karelia
Proper noun
Karjala
- Karelia (region shared between Russia and Finland)
- A former municipality in the province of Varsinais-Suomi in SW Finland.
- 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
- The Russian Republic of Karelia is referred to as Karjalan tasavalta in Finnish.
Derived terms
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References
- Disambiguation page on
Karjala on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi.
karjala
karjala
See also: Karjala
Finnish
Noun
karjala
- 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 |
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| partitive | karjalaa | karjaloita | |
| illative | karjalaan | karjaloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | karjala | karjalat | |
| accusative | nom. | karjala | karjalat |
| gen. | karjalan | ||
| genitive | karjalan | karjaloiden karjaloitten karjalainrare |
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| 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.