Svanetia

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Сванетия (Svanetija).

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsʋɑnetiɑ/, [ˈs̠ʋɑne̞ˌtʲiɑ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsʋɑnetiɑ/, [ˈʃʋɑne̞ˌtiɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation: Sva‧ne‧ti‧a

Proper noun

Svanetia

  1. Svaneti (a region of Georgia)
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 103:
      Samoi mäkimaan sises ono peen maa — Svanetia.
      On the very inside of the mountains there is a small land - Svaneti.

Declension

Declension of Svanetia (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Svanetia —
genitive Svanetian —
partitive Svanetiaa —
illative Svanetiaa —
inessive Svanetias —
elative Svanetiast —
allative Svanetialle —
adessive Svanetial —
ablative Svanetialt —
translative Svanetiaks —
essive Svanetianna, Svanetiaan —
exessive1) Svanetiant —
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.
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