dovariššõ

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian товарищ (tovarišč).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /doˈvɑriʃːɑ/, [doˈvɑrʲiʃːə̠], /ˈdovɑriʃːɑ/, [ˈdovɑˌrʲiʃːə̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑriʃːɑ, -iʃːɑ
• Hyphenation: do‧va‧riš‧šõ

Noun

dovariššõ

1. comrade, friend, companion

Inflection

Declension of dovariššõ (type III/jalkõ, šš-š gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	dovariššõ	dovarišõd
genitive	dovariša	dovariššojõ, dovariššoi
partitive	dovarišša	dovariššoitõ, dovariššoi
illative	dovariššasõ, dovarišša	dovariššoisõ
inessive	dovarišõz	dovariššoiz
elative	dovarišõssõ	dovariššoissõ
allative	dovarišõlõ	dovariššoilõ
adessive	dovarišõllõ	dovariššoillõ
ablative	dovarišõltõ	dovariššoiltõ
translative	dovarišõssi	dovariššoissi
*) 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.

Declension of dovariššõ (type III/jalkõ, šš-š gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	dovariššõ	dovarišad
genitive	dovarišaa	dovariššojõ, dovariššoi
partitive	dovarišša	dovariššoitõ, dovariššoi
illative	dovariššasõ, dovarišša	dovariššoisõ
inessive	dovarišaz	dovariššoiz
elative	dovarišassõ	dovariššoissõ
allative	dovarišalõ	dovariššoilõ
adessive	dovarišallõ	dovariššoillõ
ablative	dovarišaltõ	dovariššoiltõ
translative	dovarišassi	dovariššoissi
*) 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) “dovarišša”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn