lapši

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognates include Finnish lapsi and Veps laps'.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑpʃi/
  • Hyphenation: lap‧ši

Noun

lapši (genitive lapšen, partitive lašta, diminutive lapšut)

  1. child

Declension
Viena Karelian declension of lapši (irregular, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lapši lapšet
genitive lapšen lapšien
partitive lašta lapšija
illative lapšeh lapšiloih
inessive lapšešša lapšiloissa
elative lapšešta lapšiloista
adessive lapšella lapšiloilla
ablative lapšelta lapšiloilta
translative lapšekši lapšiloiksi
essive lapšena lapšiloina
comitative — lapšiloineh
abessive lapšetta lapšiloitta
Tver Karelian declension of lapši (irregular, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lapši lapšet
genitive lapšen lapšiloin
partitive lašta lapšiloida
illative lapšeh lapšiloih
inessive lapšešša lapšiloissa
elative lapšešta lapšiloista
adessive lapšella lapšiloilla
ablative lapšelda lapšiloilda
translative lapšekši lapšiloiksi
essive lapšena lapšiloina
comitative lapšenke lapšiloinke
abessive lapšetta lapšiloitta
Possessive forms of lapši
1st person lapšeni
2nd person lapšeš
3rd person lapšeh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

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