Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian груша (gruša).

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɡruːʃɑ/, [ˈɡruːʃə̠]
  • Rhymes: -uːʃɑ
  • Hyphenation: gruu‧šõ

Noun

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gruušõ

  1. pear

Inflection

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Declension of gruušõ (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative gruušõ gruušõd
genitive gruuša gruušijõ, gruušii
partitive gruuša gruušiitõ, gruušii
illative gruušasõ, gruuša gruušiisõ
inessive gruušõz gruušiiz
elative gruušõssõ gruušiissõ
allative gruušõlõ gruušiilõ
adessive gruušõllõ gruušiillõ
ablative gruušõltõ gruušiiltõ
translative gruušõssi gruušiissi
*) 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) “gruuša”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn