Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *lapci.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑhsi/, [ˈɫɑhsʲi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑhsi
  • Hyphenation: lah‧si

Noun edit

lahsi

  1. child

Inflection edit

Declension of lahsi (type X/tuli, hs-hz gradation)
singular plural
nominative lahsi, lahs lahzõd
genitive lahzõ lahsijõ, lahsii
partitive lassõ lahsiitõ, lahsii
illative lahsõ, lahsõsõ lahsiisõ
inessive lahzõz lahsiiz
elative lahzõssõ lahsiissõ
allative lahzõlõ lahsiilõ
adessive lahzõllõ lahsiillõ
ablative lahzõltõ lahsiiltõ
translative lahzõssi lahsiissi
*) 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