Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *pihti.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpihed/, [ˈpʲihed̥]
  • Rhymes: -ihed̥
  • Hyphenation: pi‧hed

Noun edit

pihed

  1. pliers
  2. pincers

Inflection edit

Declension of pihed (type VII/nimi, ht-h gradation)
singular plural
nominative pihed
genitive pihtije, pihtii
partitive pihtiite, pihtii
illative pihtiise
inessive pihtiiz
elative pihtiisse
allative pihtiile
adessive pihtiille
ablative pihtiilte
translative pihtiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to 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) “pihed”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn