tsʼélįah

South Slavey

Etymology

From tsʼélį (“lass”) +‎ -ah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʼɛ́.ɮĩ̀.à(h)]
• Hyphenation: tsʼé‧lį‧ah

Noun

tsʼélįah (stem -tsʼélįah-)

1. girl

Inflection

Possessive inflection of tsʼélįah (-tsʼélį́ah)

		singular	plural
1st person		setsʼélį́ah	naxetsʼélį́ah
2nd person		netsʼélį́ah
3rd person	1)	—	gitsʼélį́ah
	2)	metsʼélį́ah	gotsʼélį́ah
4th person		yetsʼélį́ah
reflexive	sp.	ɂedetsʼélį́ah	kedetsʼélį́ah
	unsp.	detsʼélį́ah
reciprocal		—	ɂełetsʼélį́ah
indefinite		ɂetsʼélį́ah
areal		gotsʼélį́ah
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. 2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 17