See also: kalliž

Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *kallis.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlːiz/, [ˈkɑlːiz̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlːiz̥
  • Hyphenation: kal‧liz

Adjective edit

kalliz

  1. dear, precious
  2. expensive
  3. beloved

Inflection edit

Declension of kalliz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kalliz kallid
genitive kalli kallijõ, kalli
partitive kallissõ kallitõ, kalli
illative kallisõ, kalli kallisõ
inessive kalliz kalliz
elative kallissõ kallissõ
allative kallilõ kallilõ
adessive kallillõ kallillõ
ablative kalliltõ kalliltõ
translative kallissi kallissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References edit

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn