Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian гимназия (gimnazija).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ɡimˈnɑzi/, [ɡʲimˈnɑzʲi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑzi

Noun

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gimnazi

  1. gymnasium

Inflection

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Declension of gimnazi (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative gimnazi gimnazid
genitive gimnazi gimnazijõ, gimnazii
partitive gimnazia gimnaziitõ, gimnazii
illative gimnaziisõ, gimnazii gimnaziisõ
inessive gimnaziz gimnaziiz
elative gimnazissõ gimnaziissõ
allative gimnazilõ gimnaziilõ
adessive gimnazillõ gimnaziillõ
ablative gimnaziltõ gimnaziiltõ
translative gimnazissi gimnaziissi
*) 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) “gimnazi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn