vozduha

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian воздух (vozdux).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋozduhɑ/, [ˈʋo̞z̠dŭh]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋozduhɑ/, [ˈʋo̞ʃtuhɑ]
• Rhymes: -ozduh, -ozduhɑ
• Hyphenation: voz‧du‧ha

Noun

vozduha (uncountable)

1. air
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Möö noisemma tiijustammaa maata, vettä, vozduhaa, möö noisemma tiijustammaa kasvoja, elokkaja, inmihist.

     We are going to study the earth, water, air, we are going to study plants, animals, the human.

Declension

Declension of vozduha (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vozduha	—
genitive	vozduhan	—
partitive	vozduhaa	—
illative	vozduhaa	—
inessive	vozduhaas	—
elative	vozduhast	—
allative	vozduhalle	—
adessive	vozduhaal	—
ablative	vozduhalt	—
translative	vozduhaks	—
essive	vozduhanna, vozduhaan	—
exessive1)	vozduhant	—
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.

Synonyms

• luhti

Karelian

Regional variants of vozduha

North Karelian (Viena)	—
South Karelian (Tver)	vozduha

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian воздух (vozdux).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋozduhɑ/
• Hyphenation: voz‧du‧ha

Noun

vozduha (genitive vozduhan, partitive vozduhua)

1. (South Karelian) air

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of vozduha (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vozduha	vozduhat
genitive	vozduhan	vozduhoin
partitive	vozduhua	vozduhoida
illative	vozduhah	vozduhoih
inessive	vozduhašša	vozduhoissa
elative	vozduhašta	vozduhoista
adessive	vozduhalla	vozduhoilla
ablative	vozduhalda	vozduhoilda
translative	vozduhakši	vozduhoiksi
essive	vozduhana	vozduhoina
comitative	vozduhanke	vozduhoinke
abessive	vozduhatta	vozduhoitta

Possessive forms of vozduha
1st person	vozduhani
2nd person	vozduhaš
3rd person	vozduhah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

• (North Karelian) ilma, (South Karelian, dialectal) ilma

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “vozduha”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN