Votic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *reki.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈret͡ʃi/, [ˈret͡ʃi]
  • Rhymes: -et͡ʃi
  • Hyphenation: re‧tši

Noun edit

retši

  1. sleigh, sledge

Inflection edit

Declension of retši (type VII/nimi, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative retši reged
genitive rege retšije, retšii
partitive rettšiä retšiite, retšii
illative rettšese, rettše retšiise
inessive regez retšiiz
elative regesse retšiisse
allative regele retšiile
adessive regelle retšiille
ablative regelte retšiilte
translative regessi retšiissi
*) 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) “retši”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn