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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kirci
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From earlier *kirti, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian apskirsti (“to freeze”)).
Noun
*kirci
- ground frost (frozen top layer of soil caused by cold weather in winter)
- Synonym: *routa
- thin layer of ice
Inflection
Inflection of *kirci
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kirci | *kirdet | |
| accusative | *kirden | *kirdet | |
| genitive | *kirden | *kirteden *kirciden | |
| partitive | *kirtedä | *kircidä | |
| inessive | *kirdessä | *kircissä | |
| elative | *kirdestä | *kircistä | |
| illative | *kirtehen | *kircihen | |
| adessive | *kirdellä | *kircillä | |
| ablative | *kirdeltä | *kirciltä | |
| allative | *kirtelek | *kircilek | |
| essive | *kirtenä | *kircinä | |
| translative | *kirdeksi | *kirciksi | |
| instructive | *kirden | *kircin | |
| comitative | *kirtenek | *kircinek | |
| abessive | *kirdektä | *kirciktä | |
Descendants
Further reading
- kirs in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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