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See also: mertâ
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
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From Proto-Finnic *mërta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?], whence Swedish mjärde (“pot, trap”).
Noun
[edit]merta
- pot (a trap for fishing crabs, fish, etc.)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of merta (Kotus type 9*K/kala, rt-rr gradation) | |||
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nominative | merta | merrat | |
genitive | merran | mertojen | |
partitive | mertaa | mertoja | |
illative | mertaan | mertoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | merta | merrat | |
accusative | nom. | merta | merrat |
gen. | merran | ||
genitive | merran | mertojen mertain rare | |
partitive | mertaa | mertoja | |
inessive | merrassa | merroissa | |
elative | merrasta | merroista | |
illative | mertaan | mertoihin | |
adessive | merralla | merroilla | |
ablative | merralta | merroilta | |
allative | merralle | merroille | |
essive | mertana | mertoina | |
translative | merraksi | merroiksi | |
abessive | merratta | merroitta | |
instructive | — | merroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “merta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]merta
Usage notes
[edit]- This form is irregular. A regular form would have a front vowel (**mertä) according to vowel harmony.
Ingrian
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *mërta (“fish trap”). Cognates include Finnish merta and Estonian mõrd.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmertɑ/, [ˈme̞rt]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmertɑ/, [ˈme̞rd̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ert, -ertɑ
- Hyphenation: mer‧ta
Noun
[edit]merta
- basket
- Paa marjat mertaa! ― Put the berries in the basket!
- (Ala-Laukaa) a type of fish trap used to catch lampreys
Declension
[edit]Declension of merta (type 3/kana, rt-rr gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | merta | merrat |
genitive | merran | mertoin |
partitive | mertaa | mertoja |
illative | mertaa | mertoi |
inessive | merraas | merrois |
elative | merrast | merroist |
allative | merralle | merroille |
adessive | merraal | merroil |
ablative | merralt | merroilt |
translative | merraks | merroiks |
essive | mertanna, mertaan | mertoinna, mertoin |
exessive1) | mertant | mertoint |
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. |
Derived terms
[edit]- (diminutive) mertain
References
[edit]- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 304
Categories:
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ertɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ertɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Finnish non-lemma forms
- Finnish noun forms
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ert
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ert/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ertɑ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ertɑ/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Ingrian terms with usage examples
- izh:Containers
- izh:Fishing