Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ingrian haltias.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈhɑltiɑ̯z/, [ˈhɑɫtʲiɑ̯z̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑltiɑ̯z̥
  • Hyphenation: hal‧tiaz

Noun

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haltiaz

  1. (Finnic mythology) spirit, haltija

Inflection

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Declension of haltiaz (type XIV/ammõz, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative haltiaz haltiad
genitive haltia haltiajõ, haltiai
partitive haltiassõ haltiaitõ, haltiai
illative haltiasõ, haltia haltiaisõ
inessive haltiaz haltiaiz
elative haltiassõ haltiaissõ
allative haltialõ haltiailõ
adessive haltiallõ haltiaillõ
ablative haltialtõ haltiailtõ
translative haltiassi haltiaissi
*) 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) “haltiaz”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn