Votic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Russian весёлый (vesjólyj).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /veˈɕolɑ/, [veˈɕoɫɑ], /ˈveɕolɑ/, [ˈveɕoɫə̠]
  • Rhymes: -olɑ, -eɕolɑ

Adjective edit

vesʹola

  1. happy, cheerful, merry

Inflection edit

Declension of vesʹola (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vesʹola vesʹolad
genitive vesʹola vesʹolojõ, vesʹoloi
partitive vesʹolaa vesʹoloitõ, vesʹoloi
illative vesʹolaasõ, vesʹolaa vesʹoloisõ
inessive vesʹolaz vesʹoloiz
elative vesʹolassõ vesʹoloissõ
allative vesʹolalõ vesʹoloilõ
adessive vesʹolallõ vesʹoloillõ
ablative vesʹolaltõ vesʹoloiltõ
translative vesʹolassi vesʹoloissi
*) 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) “vesʹola”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn