alīz

See also: aliz

Livonian

Etymology

Compare Estonian alus. Nominative of this word is the same as genitive of alli (“underside, foundation”). These words can be used as a compound – alīzalli (“foundation”), perhaps it is a reduplication of alli and alīz is its genitive that has been nominalized as a new lexical item.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑliːz/

Noun

alīz

genitive singular of alli

alīz

foundation

Declension

Declension of alīz (203)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	alīz	alīzt
genitive (genitīv)	alīz	alīzt
partitive (partitīv)	alīzt	alīži
dative (datīv)	alīzõn	alīztõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	alīzõks	alīztõks
illative (illatīv)	alīzõ	alīžiz
inessive (inesīv)	alīzõs	alīžis
elative (elatīv)	alīzõst	alīžist

Adjective

alīz

genitive singular of alli