ženiha

Votic

Alternative forms

• ženihõ

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian жених (ženix).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈnixɑ/, [ʒeˈnʲixɑ], /ˈʒenixɑ/, [ˈʒenʲixə̠], /ˈʒenihɑ/, [ˈʒenʲihə̠]
• Rhymes: -ixɑ, -enixɑ, -enihɑ

Noun

ženiha

1. bridegroom
2. fiancé

Inflection

Declension of ženiha (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ženiha	ženihad
genitive	ženiha	ženihojõ, ženihoi
partitive	ženihaa	ženihoitõ, ženihoi
illative	ženihaasõ, ženihaa	ženihoisõ
inessive	ženihaz	ženihoiz
elative	ženihassõ	ženihoissõ
allative	ženihalõ	ženihoilõ
adessive	ženihallõ	ženihoillõ
ablative	ženihaltõ	ženihoiltõ
translative	ženihassi	ženihoissi
*) 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

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ženiha”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn