ahaš

Karelian

Regional variants of ahaš
North Karelian
(Viena)
ahaš
South Karelian
(Tver)
ahaš

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ahtas. Cognates include Finnish ahdas and Veps ahtaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑhɑʃ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧haš

Adjective

ahaš (genitive ahtahan, partitive ahašta, comparative ahtahampi / ahtahambi, superlative ahtahin)

  1. tight, narrow

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of ahaš (type 18/vieraš, t- gradation)
singular plural
nominative ahaš ahtahat
genitive ahtahan ahtahien
partitive ahašta ahtahie
illative ahtahah ahtahih
inessive ahtahašša ahtahissa
elative ahtahašta ahtahista
adessive ahtahalla ahtahilla
ablative ahtahalta ahtahilta
translative ahtahakši ahtahiksi
essive ahtahana ahtahina
comitative ahtahineh
abessive ahtahatta ahtahitta
Tver Karelian declension of ahaš (type 18/vieraš, t- gradation)
singular plural
nominative ahaš ahtahat
genitive ahtahan ahtahien
partitive ahašta ahtahie
illative ahtahah ahtahih
inessive ahtahašša ahtahissa
elative ahtahašta ahtahista
adessive ahtahalla ahtahilla
ablative ahtahalda ahtahilda
translative ahtahakši ahtahiksi
essive ahtahana ahtahina
comitative ahtahanke ahtahinke
abessive ahtahatta ahtahitta
Possessive forms of ahaš
1st person ahtahani
2nd person ahtahaš
3rd person ahtahah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “ahaš”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “ahas”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN