Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ. Cognate with Votic frovvõ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

frovva

  1. missus
  2. lady, mistress

Declension edit

Declension of frovva (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative frovva frovvat
genitive frovvan frovviin
partitive frovvaa frovvia
illative frovvaa frovvii
inessive frovvaas frovviis
elative frovvast frovvist
allative frovvalle frovville
adessive frovvaal frovviil
ablative frovvalt frovvilt
translative frovvaks frovviks
essive frovvanna, frovvaan frovvinna, frovviin
exessive1) frovvant frovvint
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.

Coordinate terms edit

  • herra (lord, master)

References edit

  • N. A. Dyachkov (2021) Русско-Ижорский разговорник [Russian-Ingrian phrasebook]‎[1], page 4