niekla

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Karelian

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Regional variants of niekla
North Karelian
(Viena)
niekla
South Karelian
(Tver)
niegla

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *nëkla. Cognates include Finnish neula and Estonian nõel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnʲie̯klɑ/
  • Hyphenation: niek‧la

Noun

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niekla (genitive nieklan, partitive nieklua)

  1. (North Karelian) needle

Declension

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Viena Karelian declension of niekla (type 4/kala, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative niekla nieklat
genitive nieklan nieklojen
partitive nieklua niekloja
illative nieklah niekloih
inessive nieklašša niekloissa
elative nieklašta niekloista
adessive nieklalla niekloilla
ablative nieklalta niekloilta
translative nieklakši niekloiksi
essive nieklana niekloina
comitative niekloineh
abessive nieklatta niekloitta
Possessive forms of niekla
1st person nieklani
2nd person nieklaš
3rd person nieklah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

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  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “игла”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN