Eastern Mari edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ото (oto)

  1. grove (small wood)

Declension edit

Declension of ото
singular plural
nominative ото (oto) ото-влак (oto-vlak)
accusative отым (otym) ото-влакым (oto-vlakym)
genitive отын (otyn) ото-влакын (oto-vlakyn)
dative отылан (otylan) ото-влаклан (oto-vlaklan)
comitative отыге (otyge) ото-влакге (oto-vlakge)
comparative отыла (otyla) ото-влакла (oto-vlakla)
inessive отышто (otyšto) ото-влакыште (oto-vlakyšte)
illative (short) отыш (otyš) ото-влакыш (oto-vlakyš)
illative (long) отышко (otyško) ото-влакышке (oto-vlakyške)
lative отеш (oteš) ото-влакеш (oto-vlakeš)
Possessed forms of ото
singular plural
1st person отем (otem) отына (otyna)
2nd person отет (otet) отыда (otyda)
3rd person отыжо (otyžo) отышт (otyšt)

References edit

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “ото”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɐtə]
  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): [ɐtɐ] (before a stressed syllable)
  • IPA(key): [ətə] (after a consonant)
  • IPA(key): [ətɐ] (after a consonant and before a stressed syllable)

Preposition edit

ото (oto)

  1. from
  2. since

Usage notes edit

This is a variant of от (ot) which is sometimes used before words beginning with certain consonant clusters such as льв- (lʹv-), льд- (lʹd-), льн- (lʹn-), лб- (lb-), мх- (mx-), рв- (rv-), рт- (rt-), лж- (lž-), рж- (rž-), вш- (vš-), and others.