herrõ

Votic

Etymology

From Old Norse herra.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈherːɑ/, [ˈherːə̠]
• Rhymes: -erːɑ
• Hyphenation: her‧rõ

Noun

herrõ

1. lord, landlord, landowner
2. sir, mister

Inflection

Declension of herrõ (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	herrõ	herrõd
genitive	herra	herrojõ, herroi
partitive	herra	herroitõ, herroi
illative	herrasõ, herra	herroisõ
inessive	herrõz	herroiz
elative	herrõssõ	herroissõ
allative	herrõlõ	herroilõ
adessive	herrõllõ	herroillõ
ablative	herrõltõ	herroiltõ
translative	herrõssi	herroissi
*) 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

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