Votic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ingrian sorsa. Doublet of soorsõ, the native equivalent.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈsorsɑ/, [ˈsorsə̠]
  • Rhymes: -orsɑ
  • Hyphenation: sor‧sõ

Noun edit

sorsõ

  1. duck

Inflection edit

Declension of sorsõ (type V/poikõ, s-z gradation)
singular plural
nominative sorsõ sorzõd
genitive sorza sorsijõ, sorsii
partitive sorsa sorsiitõ, sorsii
illative sorsasõ, sorsa sorsiisõ
inessive sorzõz sorsiiz
elative sorzõssõ sorsiissõ
allative sorzõlõ sorsiilõ
adessive sorzõllõ sorsiillõ
ablative sorzõltõ sorsiiltõ
translative sorzõssi sorsiissi
*) 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.

Synonyms edit

References edit

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