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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/apara

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *afaraz (whence Old Norse afr).

Noun

*apara (Northern Finnic)

  1. dregs (settled sediment of beer)
    Synonym: *rapa

Inflection
Inflection of *apara
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *apara *aparat
accusative *aparan *aparat
genitive *aparan *aparadën
*aparoidën
partitive *aparata *aparoita
inessive *aparassa
*aparahna		 *aparoissa
*aparoihna
elative *aparasta *aparoista
illative *aparasën *aparoisën
adessive *aparalla *aparoilla
ablative *aparalta *aparoilta
allative *aparalën
*aparalëk		 *aparoilën
*aparoilëk
essive *aparana *aparoina
translative *aparaksi *aparoiksi
instructive *aparan *aparoin
comitative *aparanëk *aparoinëk
abessive *aparatta *aparoitta
  • *äpärä

Descendants
  • Finnish: (dialectal) apara
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: abar
  • Ludian: apar
  • Veps: apar

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “apara”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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