tõsi
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *toci. Cognate with Finnish tosi.
Noun edit
tõsi (genitive tõe, partitive tõtt)
Inflection edit
Declension of tõsi (ÕS type 15/käsi, d/t-ø-s gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | tõsi | tõed | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | tõe | ||
genitive | tõte | ||
partitive | tõtt | tõsi | |
illative | tõtte tõesse |
tõtesse tõsisse | |
inessive | tões | tõtes tõsis | |
elative | tõest | tõtest tõsist | |
allative | tõele | tõtele tõsile | |
adessive | tõel | tõtel tõsil | |
ablative | tõelt | tõtelt tõsilt | |
translative | tõeks | tõteks tõsiks | |
terminative | tõeni | tõteni | |
essive | tõena | tõtena | |
abessive | tõeta | tõteta | |
comitative | tõega | tõtega |
Derived terms edit
Votic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *toci.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tõsi
Usage notes edit
When this adjective is used attributively, the nominative singular form is (chiefly) used. When it is used predicatively, the partitive singular form is used.
Inflection edit
All other forms except the nominative and partitive singular forms are rare and are only practically used as adverbs; see the usage notes.
Declension of tõsi (type X/tuli, t- gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tõsi | tõõd |
genitive | tõõ | tõsijõ, tõsii |
partitive | tõttõ | tõsiitõ, tõsii |
illative | tõttõ, tõttõsõ | tõsiisõ |
inessive | tõõz | tõsiiz |
elative | tõõssõ | tõsiissõ |
allative | tõõlõ | tõsiilõ |
adessive | tõõllõ | tõsiillõ |
ablative | tõõltõ | tõsiiltõ |
translative | tõõssi | tõsiissi |
*) 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) “tõsi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn