kerves

English

Verb

kerves

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of kerve

Ingrian

Alternative forms

• kirves

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kirves. Cognates include Finnish kirves and Estonian kirves.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkerʋes/, [ˈke̞rʋe̞z̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkerʋes/, [ˈke̞rʋe̞ʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -erʋes
• Hyphenation: ker‧ves

Noun

kerves

1. axe
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Krandașșiil ... Kerveel ...

     ... with a pencil ... with an axe.

Declension

Declension of kerves (type 2/patsas, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kerves	kerveet
genitive	kerveen	kervein
partitive	kervestä, kervest	kerveitä, kervejä
illative	kerveesse	kerveisse
inessive	kervees	kerveis
elative	kerveest	kerveist
allative	kerveelle	kerveille
adessive	kerveel	kerveil
ablative	kerveelt	kerveilt
translative	kerveeks	kerveiks
essive	kerveennä, kerveen	kerveinnä, kervein
exessive1)	kerveent	kerveint
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.

Soikkola declension of kerves (type 2/patsas, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kerves	kervehet, kerveet
genitive	kervehen	kervehiin
partitive	kervestä	kervehiä
illative	kervehesse	kervehisse
inessive	kervehees	kervehiis
elative	kervehest	kervehist
allative	kervehelle	kervehille
adessive	kerveheel	kervehiil
ablative	kervehelt	kervehilt
translative	kerveheks	kervehiks
essive	kerveheen	kervehiin
exessive1)	kervehent	kervehint
1) Obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

Derived terms

• kervestöö
• maakerves

References

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 158
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 71

Middle English

Noun

kerves

1. plural of kerf