Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *laiha.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯hɑ/, [ˈɫɑi̯hə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi̯hɑ
  • Hyphenation: lai‧hõ

Adjective edit

laihõ

  1. lean, thin, not fat
  2. thin, watery

Inflection edit

Declension of laihõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative laihõ laihõd
genitive laiha laihojõ, laihoi
partitive laiha laihoitõ, laihoi
illative laihasõ, laiha laihoisõ
inessive laihõz laihoiz
elative laihõssõ laihoissõ
allative laihõlõ laihoilõ
adessive laihõllõ laihoillõ
ablative laihõltõ laihoiltõ
translative laihõssi laihoissi
*) 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) “laiha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn