Svanetia

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Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian Сванетия (Svanetija).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

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.