bolnitsa

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian больница (bolʹnica).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈbolnit͡sɑ/, [ˈbo̞ɫnĭt͡s̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈbolnit͡sɑ/, [ˈpo̞ɫnit͡sɑ]
• Rhymes: -olnit͡s, -olnit͡sɑ
• Hyphenation: bol‧nit‧sa

Noun

bolnitsa

1. hospital
   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 56:

     Siun pittää männä bolnitsaa, seel siulle tehhää operatsia.

     You have to go to the hospital, there they will perform an operation on you.

Declension

Declension of bolnitsa (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	bolnitsa	bolnitsat
genitive	bolnitsan	bolnitsiin
partitive	bolnitsaa	bolnitsia
illative	bolnitsaa	bolnitsii
inessive	bolnitsaas	bolnitsiis
elative	bolnitsast	bolnitsist
allative	bolnitsalle	bolnitsille
adessive	bolnitsaal	bolnitsiil
ablative	bolnitsalt	bolnitsilt
translative	bolnitsaks	bolnitsiks
essive	bolnitsanna, bolnitsaan	bolnitsinna, bolnitsiin
exessive1)	bolnitsant	bolnitsint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.