Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varsa
Proto-Finnic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Indo-Iranian. Compare e.g. Sanskrit वृषन् (vṛṣan, “male animal”), Ossetian вурс (vurs, “stallion”).
Noun edit
*varsa
Inflection edit
Inflection of *varsa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *varsa | *varsat | |
accusative | *varsan | *varsat | |
genitive | *varsan | *varsadën *varsoidën | |
partitive | *varsada | *varsoida | |
inessive | *varsassa *varsahna |
*varsoissa *varsoihna | |
elative | *varsasta | *varsoista | |
illative | *varsahën | *varsoihën | |
adessive | *varsalla | *varsoilla | |
ablative | *varsalta | *varsoilta | |
allative | *varsalën *varsalëk |
*varsoilën *varsoilëk | |
essive | *varsana | *varsoina | |
translative | *varsaksi | *varsoiksi | |
instructive | *varsan | *varsoin | |
comitative | *varsanëk | *varsoinëk | |
abessive | *varsatta | *varsoitta |
Coordinate terms edit
Descendants edit
- Estonian: varss
- Finnish: varsa
- Ingrian: varsa
- Karelian: varsa, varza
- → Russian: ва́ржа (várža, “foal”)
- Livonian: vārza
- Livvi: varzu
- Ludian: varz
- Veps: varz
- Votic: varsõ