karjalain

Ingrian

Etymology

Equivalent to karjala (“Karelians”) +‎ -lain. Akin to Finnish karjalainen and Estonian karjalane.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑrjɑlɑi̯ne/, [ˈkɑrjəɫəi̯n]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑrjɑlɑi̯n/, [ˈkɑrjɑɫɑi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯n, -ɑrjɑlɑi̯n
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ja‧lain

Noun

karjalain

  1. Karelian (person of Karelian ethnicity)
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Osa iƶoroist veel nytkii kutsuu itsiätä karjalaisiks.
      Some Ingrians even now still call themselves Karelians.
  2. (dated, rare) Ingrian (person of Ingrian ethnicity)

Declension
Declension of karjalain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative karjalain karjalaiset
genitive karjalaisen karjalaisiin
partitive karjalaista, karjalaist karjalaisia
illative karjalaisee karjalaisii
inessive karjalaisees karjalaisiis
elative karjalaisest karjalaisist
allative karjalaiselle karjalaisille
adessive karjalaiseel karjalaisiil
ablative karjalaiselt karjalaisilt
translative karjalaiseks karjalaisiks
essive karjalaisenna, karjalaiseen karjalaisinna, karjalaisiin
exessive1) karjalaisent karjalaisint
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

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 137
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