briha
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
priha |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
briha |
Etymology
Possibly from Russian пригожий (prigožij). Cognates include Ludian priha, Veps priha and Livvi briha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrihɑ/
- Hyphenation: bri‧ha
Noun
briha (genitive brihan, partitive brihua)
- (South Karelian) lad, guy
Declension
| Tver Karelian declension of briha (type 4/kala no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | briha | brihat | |
| genitive | brihan | brihoin | |
| partitive | brihua | brihoida | |
| illative | brihah | brihoih | |
| inessive | brihašša | brihoissa | |
| elative | brihašta | brihoista | |
| adessive | brihalla | brihoilla | |
| ablative | brihalda | brihoilda | |
| translative | brihakši | brihoiksi | |
| essive | brihana | brihoina | |
| comitative | brihanke | brihoinke | |
| abessive | brihatta | brihoitta | |
| Possessive forms of briha | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | brihani | |
| 2nd person | brihaš | |
| 3rd person | brihah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “briha”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
Livvi
Etymology
Possibly from Russian приго́жий (prigóžij). Cognates include Ludian priha, Veps priha and Karelian priha / briha
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrʲihɑ/
- Hyphenation: bri‧ha
Noun
briha
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
References
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 27