sohva

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sofa.

Noun

sohva (genitive sohva, partitive sohvat)

  1. sofa

Declension

Further reading


Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish soffa, ultimately from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, a long seat made of stone or brick), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, mat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsohʋɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞xʋɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ohʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): soh‧va

Noun

sohva

  1. sofa, couch

Declension

Inflection of sohva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative sohva sohvat
genitive sohvan sohvien
partitive sohvaa sohvia
illative sohvaan sohviin
singular plural
nominative sohva sohvat
accusative nom. sohva sohvat
gen. sohvan
genitive sohvan sohvien
sohvainrare
partitive sohvaa sohvia
inessive sohvassa sohvissa
elative sohvasta sohvista
illative sohvaan sohviin
adessive sohvalla sohvilla
ablative sohvalta sohvilta
allative sohvalle sohville
essive sohvana sohvina
translative sohvaksi sohviksi
instructive sohvin
abessive sohvatta sohvitta
comitative sohvineen
Possessive forms of sohva (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person sohvani sohvamme
2nd person sohvasi sohvanne
3rd person sohvansa

Descendants

  • Ingrian: sohva

Further reading


Ingrian

Sohva.

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sohva.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsohʋɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞hʋ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsohʋɑ/, [ˈʃo̞hʋɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ohʋɑ
  • Hyphenation: soh‧va

Noun

sohva

  1. sofa, couch

Declension

Declension of sohva (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sohva sohvat
genitive sohvan sohviin
partitive sohvaa sohvia
illative sohvaa sohvii
inessive sohvaas sohviis
elative sohvast sohvist
allative sohvalle sohville
adessive sohvaal sohviil
ablative sohvalt sohvilt
translative sohvaks sohviks
essive sohvanna, sohvaan sohvinna, sohviin
exessive1) sohvant sohvint
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.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 536
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