noorus

Ingrian

Etymology

From noori (“young”) +‎ -us. Akin to Finnish nuoruus and Estonian noorus.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnoːrus/, [ˈnoːrŭz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnoːrus/, [ˈno̝ːruʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -oːrus
  • Hyphenation: noo‧rus

Noun

noorus (uncountable)

  1. youth (period of life)

Declension
Declension of noorus (type 2/oikehus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative noorus —
genitive nooruen —
partitive noorutta —
illative nooruee —
inessive nooruees —
elative nooruest —
allative nooruelle —
adessive noorueel —
ablative nooruelt —
translative noorueks —
essive nooruenna, noorueen —
exessive1) nooruent —
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.

References
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 57
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 348
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