marja

marja

1. genitive singular of mari
2. partitive singular of mari
3. illative singular of mari

From Proto-Finnic *marja, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mërja. Cognates include Erzya марь (maŕ), Eastern Mari мӧр (mör).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrjɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rjɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrjɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): mar‧ja

marja

1. berry (small succulent fruit)
2. (botany) berry (soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits)

• “marja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

marja

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒrjɒ]
• Hyphenation: mar‧ja
• Rhymes: -jɒ

mar (“to bite”) +‎ -ja (personal suffix)

marja

1. third-person singular indicative present definite of mar
2. third-person singular subjunctive present definite of mar

• aki kapja, marja

mar (“withers”) +‎ -ja (possessive suffix)

marja

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of mar

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	marja	—
accusative	marját	—
dative	marjának	—
instrumental	marjával	—
causal-final	marjáért	—
translative	marjává	—
terminative	marjáig	—
essive-formal	marjaként	—
essive-modal	marjául	—
inessive	marjában	—
superessive	marján	—
adessive	marjánál	—
illative	marjába	—
sublative	marjára	—
allative	marjához	—
elative	marjából	—
delative	marjáról	—
ablative	marjától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	marjáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	marjáéi	—

From Proto-Finnic *marja. Cognates include Finnish marja and Estonian mari.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrjɑ/, [ˈmɑri]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrjɑ/, [ˈmɑrjɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrj, -ɑrjɑ
• Hyphenation: mar‧ja

marja

1. berry

   männä marjaa ― to go collecting berries

2. Short for kalanmarja.

Declension of marja (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	marja	marjat
genitive	marjan	marjoin
partitive	marjaa	marjoja
illative	marjaa	marjoi
inessive	marjaas	marjois
elative	marjast	marjoist
allative	marjalle	marjoille
adessive	marjaal	marjoil
ablative	marjalt	marjoilt
translative	marjaks	marjoiks
essive	marjanna, marjaan	marjoinna, marjoin
exessive1)	marjant	marjoint
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.

• (diminutive) marjukkain

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 297

Regional variants of marja

North Karelian (Viena)	marja
South Karelian (Tver)	marja

From Proto-Finnic *marja. Cognates include Finnish marja and Veps marj.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr(ʲ)jɑ/
• Hyphenation: mar‧ja

marja (genitive marjan, partitive marjua, diminutive marjani／marjane)

1. berry

   lähtie marjah ― to go collecting berries

Viena Karelian declension of marja (type 4/kala, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	marja	marjat
genitive	marjan	marjojen
partitive	marjua	marjoja
illative	marjah	marjoih
inessive	marjašša	marjoissa
elative	marjašta	marjoista
adessive	marjalla	marjoilla
ablative	marjalta	marjoilta
translative	marjakši	marjoiksi
essive	marjana	marjoina
comitative	—	marjoineh
abessive	marjatta	marjoitta

Tver Karelian declension of marja (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	marja	marjat
genitive	marjan	marjoin
partitive	marjua	marjoida
illative	marjah	marjoih
inessive	marjašša	marjoissa
elative	marjašta	marjoista
adessive	marjalla	marjoilla
ablative	marjalda	marjoilda
translative	marjakši	marjoiksi
essive	marjana	marjoina
comitative	marjanke	marjoinke
abessive	marjatta	marjoitta

Possessive forms of marja
1st person	marjani
2nd person	marjaš
3rd person	marjah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “marja”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “marja”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

• marjen

marja m or f

1. definite feminine singular of marje