Finnish

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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karvain

  1. superlative degree of karvas.
Declension
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Inflection of karvain (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
nominative karvain karvaimmat
genitive karvaimman karvaimpien
karvainten
partitive karvainta karvaimpia
illative karvaimpaan karvaimpiin
singular plural
nominative karvain karvaimmat
accusative nom. karvain karvaimmat
gen. karvaimman
genitive karvaimman karvaimpien
karvainten
karvaimpain rare
partitive karvainta karvaimpia
inessive karvaimmassa karvaimmissa
elative karvaimmasta karvaimmista
illative karvaimpaan karvaimpiin
adessive karvaimmalla karvaimmilla
ablative karvaimmalta karvaimmilta
allative karvaimmalle karvaimmille
essive karvaimpana karvaimpina
translative karvaimmaksi karvaimmiksi
abessive karvaimmatta karvaimmitta
instructive karvaimmin
comitative karvaimpine
Possessive forms of karvain (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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karvain

  1. (rare) genitive plural of karva

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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karvain

  1. instructive plural of karvas

Anagrams

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From karva (fur; colour) +‎ -in. Akin to Finnish karvainen and Estonian karvane.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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karvain

  1. hairy
  2. rich, wealthy
  3. (+ genitive) -coloured

Declension

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Declension of karvain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative karvain karvaiset
genitive karvaisen karvaisiin
partitive karvaista, karvaist karvaisia
illative karvaisee karvaisii
inessive karvaisees karvaisiis
elative karvaisest karvaisist
allative karvaiselle karvaisille
adessive karvaiseel karvaisiil
ablative karvaiselt karvaisilt
translative karvaiseks karvaisiks
essive karvaisenna, karvaiseen karvaisinna, karvaisiin
exessive1) karvaisent karvaisint
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

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of rich): köyhä

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 139
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