Votic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *tervehüc. Equivalent to terve +‎ -uz.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtervyːz/, [ˈtervʲyz̥]
  • Rhymes: -ervyːz̥
  • Hyphenation: ter‧vüz

Noun edit

tervüz

  1. health

Inflection edit

Declension of tervüz (type XV/kõrkuz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tervüz tervüd
genitive tervü tervüije, tervüi
partitive tervütte tervüite, tervüi
illative tervüse tervüise
inessive tervüz tervüiz
elative tervüsse tervüisse
allative tervüle tervüile
adessive tervülle tervüille
ablative tervülte tervüilte
translative tervüssi tervüissi
*) 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.
Declension of tervüz (type XI/jänez, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tervüz tervüsed
genitive tervüse tervüssije, tervüssii
partitive tervüsse tervüssiite, tervüssii
illative tervüssese tervüssiise
inessive tervüsez tervüssiiz
elative tervüsesse tervüssiisse
allative tervüsele tervüssiile
adessive tervüselle tervüssiille
ablative tervüselte tervüssiilte
translative tervüsessi tervüssiissi
*) 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) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn