Votic

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Etymology

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From Russian гад (gad).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːdɑ/, [ˈɡɑːdə̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːdɑ
  • Hyphenation: gaa‧dõ

Noun

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gaadõ

  1. snake

Inflection

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Declension of gaadõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative gaadõ gaadõd
genitive gaada gaadojõ, gaadoi
partitive gaada gaadoitõ, gaadoi
illative gaadasõ, gaada gaadoisõ
inessive gaadõz gaadoiz
elative gaadõssõ gaadoissõ
allative gaadõlõ gaadoilõ
adessive gaadõllõ gaadoillõ
ablative gaadõltõ gaadoiltõ
translative gaadõssi gaadoissi
*) 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

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