Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian горе (gore).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɡoːrʲɑ/, [ˈɡoːrʲə̠]
  • Rhymes: -oːrʲɑ
  • Hyphenation: goo‧rʹõ

Noun

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goorʹõ

  1. grief, distress, trouble

Inflection

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Declension of goorʹõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative goorʹõ goorʹõd
genitive goorʹa goorʹijõ, goorʹii
partitive goorʹa goorʹiitõ, goorʹii
illative goorʹasõ, goorʹa goorʹiisõ
inessive goorʹõz goorʹiiz
elative goorʹõssõ goorʹiissõ
allative goorʹõlõ goorʹiilõ
adessive goorʹõllõ goorʹiillõ
ablative goorʹõltõ goorʹiiltõ
translative goorʹõssi goorʹiissi
*) 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) “goorʹa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn