enipäive

Votic

Etymology

eni- +‎ päive. The initial part is derived from Proto-Finnic *enä (“large, big”), as a calque of Russian вели́к-день (velík-denʹ).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈeniˌpæi̯væ/, [ˈenʲiˌpʲæi̯vʲə̟]
• Rhymes: -æi̯væ
• Hyphenation: e‧ni‧päi‧ve

Noun

enipäive

1. Easter

Inflection

Declension of enipäive (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	enipäive	enipäived
genitive	enipäivä	enipäivije, enipäivii
partitive	enipäivä	enipäiviite, enipäivii
illative	enipäiväse, enipäivä	enipäiviise
inessive	enipäivez	enipäiviiz
elative	enipäivesse	enipäiviisse
allative	enipäivele	enipäiviile
adessive	enipäivelle	enipäiviille
ablative	enipäivelte	enipäiviilte
translative	enipäivessi	enipäiviissi
*) 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.

Descendants

• → Ingrian: Enipäivä

References

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